On 19 Nov 2006, Richard Lyons wrote: > Can anybody point me to a reliable way to install basic spam filtering on a > fresh etch install? > > I have again tried spamassassin, using the notes at > http://www.spencerstirling.com/computergeek/email.html to help with the > installation, but have had to purge spamassassin and clamav and all related > packages as all mail became blocked and the error messages in exim4/paniclog > were more than I could deal with. (I did google for help on the specific > error messages, but only managed to substitute different errors... I also > tried switching off the virus filtering but still got nowhere.) I have also > tried http://trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/exim4_courier/index.html > and http://marc.merlins.org/linux/exim/sa.html and others in the past, but > never done better than prevent all incoming mail or slow the server to a > crawl. Somebody must have found a way to do this. > > So, I have a huge quantity of spam coming in, and can see no way to stem the > tide. Is there a guaranteed method to get this or any other spam filter to > run without needing to spend days learning the intricacies of the email > system and fine-tuning innumerable config files? I have exim4, courier imap > (and I access them via mutt, other users use squirrelmail). I really am > tired of deleting hundreds of "best for your health" etc, so any help would be > gratefully received. > I like spamprobe better than spamassassin. There is a deb package but I've always compiled and installed my own in /usr/local. It has a mailing list where the author answers questions helpfully.
See spamprobe.sourceforge.net. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Linux Gnu-Debian http://www.acampbell.org.uk (blog, book reviews, on-line books and sceptical articles) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]