[Discuss] anti-spam.

[B. E. Irwin]

On Thu, 25 May 2006, blackcrow wrote:

> Greetings all.
>
> I implemented bogofilter with kmail about a year or so ago.  I have 640 emails
> classified in my "spam" folder.   I still get at least 2 to - 6 spam,
> fraudulent or phishing emails a day in my inbox.
>
> There seems to be quite a few systems out there that provide various
> solutions.  Currently I'm looking at p3scan & exim4-daemon-heavy.  These seem
> more sophisticated than running a local anti-spam program.  Obviously I'm
> trying to avoid complicated arrangements that could take me many hours to
> setup.
>
> Can anyone offer a little insight to a system(s) that is more effective?

I recommend you check the following LWN Grumpy Editors guides spam filters:

http://lwn.net/Articles/172491/
http://lwn.net/Articles/173910/

We use Spambayes (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/) and are very satisfied
with the results.  Basically you train it to your taste in ham and spam.
Retraining is sometimes necessary when you notice more spam getting into
your INBOX, but this doesn't happen often for us.  Occasionally we have to
review our "unsure" spam directory for those emails on the cusp of being
spam and that's it.

Barbara


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