On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 13:37 +0200, Erik Slagter wrote: > On Tue, 2006-05-09 at 10:18 +0200, Arne Caspari wrote: > > I seem to miss the point with Evolutions SPAM filtering techniques. Ever > > since I switched from thunderbird to evolution, I try to get the SPAM > > filter to work. > > > > Using the spamassassin plugin, all I see is that it drastically slows > > down mail retrieval, using 100% CPU time. It barely filters any spam > > message though. I then tried to train it marking a bunch ( > 100 ) mails > > as junk. Then I marked some SPAM mails and selected 'Message->Check for > > Junk' to see how many mails will get filtered - but after using up some > > amount of CPU time, nothing happens. > > > > Then I tried the 'bogofilter' plugin that comes as a Ubuntu package but > > using this not a single message ever gets filtered out ( but that is > > done pretty fast though ). > > > > So far this is disappointing to me ( and renders evolution useless ) > > since using Thunderbird, a folder with > 1000 messages is quickly and > > reliably filtered. > > > > Am I missing something? How do I get SPAM filtering to work with > > Evolution? > > Even though evolution (actually spamassassin) mail filtering should > perform much better, the preferable location to do the filtering is on > the server, which is in the position to not accept the message at all > instead of putting it in the trashcan later.
I agree, and this has been mentioned several times in the past. The big problem as I see it is that there is no *standard* way of telling a mail server what is junk and what isn't. Remember that many mail hubs don't allow the user to log in. For any given setup there's certainly a way to hack the funcionality and the Junk/Not Junk buttons give you some leverage, but basically it's up to you to program them. poc _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
