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in reply to A Beginner's Guide to Using Mail::Audit and Mail::SpamAssassin

Excellent tutorial.

I would like to add a couple of things:

I think that's all the major points of running this. It's a great system, and it has seriously cut back on the crap I see.

--Chris

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(shockme) Re: (jcwren) Re: A Beginner's Guide to Using Mail::Audit and Mail::SpamAssassin
by shockme (Chaplain) on Dec 19, 2001 at 11:19 UTC
    Excellent response. To address some of your points:
    • When I downloaded Mail::Audit approximately 2 weeks ago, v1.11 was the only downloadable version. I did not know v2.0 existed, nor was I aware of the added "inbox corruption" feature. Searching CPAN now shows only v2.0 for download, so props for the heads-up.
    • The Razor::Clients package really needs to be on CPAN. The documentation is extremely sparse on this. Again, props for the URL to get this material. I just installed it and it seems to be working well.
    • My original draft mentioned that, once you $item->accept(), all processing stops. However, on proof-reading and fact-checking, I could not locate this fact in the documentation. (Of course, now that it's too late, it's screaming itself from the page...) But, yes, this makes for very efficient processing, because once you've filed the email, you can forget about it.
    • I agree that all email should be filed and nothing dropped. Email filtering will never be "perfect" because the patterns are always in flux. Sooner or later, something would be lost in the void. That's why I emphasized the default of (in my case) the Bulk folder. If nothing else fits, it defaults to ~/mail/Bulk.
    • Spam::Assassin, implications aside, is not a virus scanner. It's a spam filter. While it may catch some viri, I think it foolhardy to rely upon it for anything other than filtering spam.
    • Again, the documentation is sparse concerning what should be submitted to the Vipul database. I don't know whether they have filters to "un-filter" the SPAM messages. Hopefully someone else will have a more definitive word on this. Until then, I think your suggestion is right way to go.

    Thanks for the great info, jcwren.

    If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me.

Re: (jcwren) Re: A Beginner's Guide to Using Mail::Audit and Mail::SpamAssassin
by $code or die (Deacon) on Dec 21, 2001 at 22:36 UTC

    How does version 2.0 corrupt the Inbox?

    I can't see any reported bugs for version two on rt.cpan.org. It might be worthwhile reporting the bug.

    simon

    Update (Jan-7-02): A bug and patch was submitted yesterday, I am not sure if it is the same one that jcwren speaks of. I'd imagine that the next version will fix this now Simon is aware of it.