> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 9:10 AM
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: RE: On spamassassin usage, from an sa ignoramus
>
>
> Loren Wilton wrote:
> > > So I started running fetchmail as a cron job from each
> mail server.
> > > This seems to work fine. What puzzles me is that I never saw this
> > > suggested anywhere.
> > > Am I missing some obvious alternative?
> >
> > Nope, this is a moderately standard way to do this.
> > Fetchmail->procmail->SA (spamc/spamd)->delivery stuff.
> >
> > It has been discussed, but not a lot. Most perople on the list seem
> > to be running Big Machines and would be on the feeding end of the
> > pop3 link, so they don't have much use fo r this sort of solution.
> > There are probably half a dozen perople (including myself) on the
> > list that do this.
>
> There may be more than you think. I do both. I've got a "Big
> Machine" (medium volume mail server) at work and I do
> Fetchmail->Maildrop->SA at home.
IMHO I think its because most of us belive if you have to fetch the spam, scan it localy, then you have already lost the battle by having to waste resources to get the spam down to your machine. I realise there are people who don't have a choice. Only thing you can do is complain to your ISP.
(The S in ISP is for Service. Most ISPs forget that.)
Thanks,
Chris Santerre
SysAdmin and Spamfighter
www.rulesemporium.com
www.uribl.com
