On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 11:33:48 +0000 Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 21:24:15 -0600 > Chuck Mattsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Okay, I'm tearing my hair out and I have little enough to spare, so hope > > someone can point me in the right direction. > > > > I simply want to set up Evolution to use spamassassin on incoming mail. > > I've been to the spamassassin site, have Googled for others' accounts of > > getting the two to "talk" (which, everyone assures, is "easy"), and a > > number of other routes, but I keep, as usual, just getting little pieces > > of information from here, there and everywhere, and I end up with about > > 50 windows open and smoke coming out of my ears as I stare at snippits > > of info about .foward .procmail-something or other, blah, blah, blah. > > > > For a newbie, is there /any/ site you're aware of that will walk me > > through the setup, start to finish, without assuming I've been using > > Unix of Linux for years, and just step me through it? > > > > I /LOVE/ the speed and stability I'm getting here running Linux, but > > it's so frickin' complicated setting up anything that I'm about ready to > > shake hands with Bill again, so I can at least get /something/ > > accomplished. > > > > Anyone? TIA > > -- > > Chuck Mattsen ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Mahnomen, MN > > Registered Linux User #346519 > > > > > > Chuck > I am not an Evolution user, but am going to try to help you anyway. > > First make sure you have the latest version of Spamassassin from Charles Edwards' > download site > http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/ > To be able to install Charles's packages using your Mandrake Software Install GUI > open a terminal, enter su to become root user, then > urpmi.addmedia eslrahc http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/ with hdlist.cz > > This will add Charles' site as a software source for your system. Then use the > Install GUI to add spamassassin, perl-Mail-Spamassassin, and spamassassin-tools > packages. They will replace any existing prior version. > > Now in your Evolution > Select Tools>Filters>Add > > "Write a decent name for the filter. Then beneath the "If" choose Add and select > "Pipe Message to Shell Command." In the field to the right type in the command > /usr/bin/spamassassin . Then choose "does not return" and select 0. Beneath "Then" > set up what is going to happen to the letter classified as spam. In my setup I first > move the letter to a folder named Spam and then set the status of the message to > Read. > > I have chosen to have the letter moved instead of deleted right away because the > spam filter does make mistakes. Therefore it is in general a very bad idea to delete > letters without looking at them first. However, moving the spam away from the inbox > allows me to pay less attention to spam." > > (The above text came from http://krath.dk/linux/evolution_spamfilter/ with some > slight modification) > > Thats it! > Hope it works > > derek > > BTW: I just installed Evolution and followed the instructions above for setting up SpamAssassin and it worked. The only thing I would add is that you might like to select View>MessageDisplay>ShowFullHeaders so you can see the headers added by SpamAssassin to reassure yourself it is actually working. There are lots of funky stuff you can do to tune spamassassin, but I think you will find it does a pretty good job straight "out of the box" derek
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