[K12OSN] Spam help...

[Jason Straw]

I would go look through the spam/regular mail you're getting to find
what the required hits count is normally where your spam/regular mail
splits.  I found at ibiblio.org where I have an account... the value was
0, but my personal account is still 4.

I would also look at getting some VERY strong RBLs  They'll block a lot
of the sites.

also, global blacklists of china and a few other countries help a lot.

Jason

Shawn Powers wrote:

> Would someone that is successful using spamassassin to filter most 
> spam be willing to contact me offlist for some help?
>
> I've tweaked spamassassin, added rulesets (rulesdujour), lowered the 
> required_hits to 4.0, and I'm still having 2nd grade girls getting 
> junkmail regarding male pills...
>
> I have angry parents, angry teachers -- and I understand why!  (Yes, 
> I know spam is a fact of life on the internet, but I'm doing 
> something wrong I think, because it's really ridiculous the amount 
> that is getting through)
>
> I'm using:
>
> K12LTSP 4.2.1 as my mail server
> Spamassassin 3.0.4 (latest in the updates from k12linux)
> sendmail
> /etc/procmailrc (yes, I know not the most efficient, but I haven't 
> had time to get a milter to work)
> RulesDuJour -- to get a ton of rules (I added this on Friday, didn't 
> help much)
>
> I have not set up bayesian stuff -- because I believe that I'd have 
> to get thousands of spam and ham to make it work -- and I don't have 
> the resources to do that (resources = time).  Is that my only chance 
> to filter all the crap that's coming in?  Should I invest in a 3rd 
> party solution?
>
> Thanks for any insight,
> -Shawn
>
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