SpamAssassin for the mailing list?

dan radom dan at radom.org
Mon Nov 17 07:20:51 CST 2003


* Jeremy Turner (jeremy at linuxwebguy.com) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible for SpamAssassin to be configured on the mailing list
> end?  I seem to get 2-3 each time I check my list folder.  I installed
> SpamAssassin on my local machine just now and tested the last three spam
> that I got through the list, and two of them were 7 points and 17
> points.  The third was 3.4 something but with the Bayesian filtering
> could be pushed into the red.
> 
> Am I picky or do you have spam handled at your client side and never
> notice the spam?
> 

It's not about SA on the list end, although it would be easy.  The way to
eliminate spam to this list is to limit posting to subscribed members.
I'm not sure who runs this list, but I can't imagine any good reason to
let non-subscribed addresses post.

Perhaps our list admins need via.gra!




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