Re: [Exim] Exim and SpamAssassin: Spam tagged, now what?

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Author: Jonathan Vanasco
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To: Murray Alexander
CC: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [Exim] Exim and SpamAssassin: Spam tagged, now what?
I append this to the end of the user's maildir in the relevant
transport:

${if eq {${substr_0_3:$header_X-Spam-Status:}}{Yes}{/.spam-probable}{}}

it checks the first 3 characters of the X-Spam-Status header -- if
they're "Yes", it throws it in a subfolder of inbox called
'spam-probable'


On Friday, June 6, 2003, at 01:50 AM, Murray Alexander wrote:

> I'm running RedHat 8.0, Exim 3.36, and SpamAssassin 2.55. All the
> troubles I
> had installing these were the result of my inexperience. However, it's
> now
> running like a champ, and tagging spam. So, I wrote a system filter to
> freeze "spam" messages. Now I've got over 1,000.
>
> Using 'eximon' is frustrating. Updating the queue list takes several
> minutes
> of watching the display flicker. Then, when I remove a message (for
> example), I have to sit there watching it again.
>
> I whipped up a quick Perl script to delete messages from an edited list
> produced by 'exim -bp', but my GUI-oriented colleagues are going to
> need
> something a bit easier. Preferably with mouse clicks...
>
> So, how are other people managing their spam? What are you doing with
> it? I
> thought of sending it to a "quarantine" account, but then it would be
> "delivered". A "false positive" message would then be awkward to
> "deliver"
> to the intended recipient (who would almost certainly reply to me, not
> the
> original sender).
>
>
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