Re: Sub-dividing 'non-spam'

"Alan via users" <[email protected]> Mon, 5 Jan 2026 13:17:06 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I have some rules that score 0.001 for this (like 'message body does not 
contain "transaction-id"' for example), then I have a filter in 
Thunderbird that stuffs messages from that vendor and with that rule in 
the headers into a folder where messages expire after a set period (60 
days in my case).

On 2026-01-05 12:02, Jerry Malcolm wrote:
> I realize that the main function of SA is to separate spam from 
> non-spam.  But I am encountering a growing need to sub-divide some 
> non-spam mail between important (keep) specific mail related to a 
> purchase vs. promotional mail from the same vendor.  For example, we 
> do a lot of RVing.  We make reservations sometimes months ahead at a 
> campsite and receive confirmation emails, etc.  But we also like to 
> hear about other promotions and offers from the same camp site.  I 
> want to expire and autodelete promotions-only email after a certain 
> expiry period while permanently keeping reservation 
> confirmations/receipts.  It would be wonderful if these emails came 
> from "[email protected]" and "[email protected]".  
> But that would be too easy, and rarely occurs.  Mostly everything 
> comes from info@... or some other common email.
>
> I suspect this is a total long-shot.  But just curious if there are 
> any tricks/techniques that others are using that can somewhat 
> definitively separate reservation confirmations from 
> promotions/marketing email so I can categorize lifecycle accordingly?  
> I suspect there may be some training per vendor. But what is the 
> best/recommended service to be trained?   Any suggestions welcome.
>
> Thx
>
> Jerry
>
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