help with spam removal configuration

[jonathan.share at syngenta.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Potter [mailto:tpotter at techmarin.com]
> Sent: Freitag, 30. April 2004 14:36
> To: redhat-install-list at redhat.com
> Subject: help with spam removal configuration
> 
> 
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> I would like to get some form of antispam system running. I have email
> setup as:
> 
> 
> 1. Evolution 1.2.2 as my email client.
> 2. Evolution uses sendmail running on the same workstation for sending
> out email
> 3. A "standard" pop3 mail account with *. so 
> anything at mydomain comes to
> one mailbox, at my ISP who is hosting my domain and email service.
> 4. Rehat 9 personal.
> 
> I have been trying to understand the docs for spam assassin, 
> as I think
> it comes with RH9 but my stupid factor is so high I am not making
> progress.
> 
> I am happy to make any changes needed on my workstation to 
> make it work.
> I am finding myself unable to "see the forest because of the trees"
> Perhaps a simple broad outline of the anti spam system would help.
> Please any comments, advise, pointers would be greatly appreciated. My
> inbox is something like 92 % crap these days.
> 
> 
> Thanks for any responses ! (except viagra/credit/free money) types.
> 
> Ted Potter
> 

I assume that you have evolution configured to access the remote pop3
account directly. If this is the case I believe SpamAssasin is useless to
you. If you wish to get SpamAssasin checking your incoming mail you need to
(Assuming you do not have a permanent internet connection)

1) Set up fetchmail to retrieve email from the remote account and deliver it
to your local sendmail account. Unfortunately the man page is not very
accessible for beginners so I would look for a GUI tool. I used webmin to
set mine up initially but now edit by hand when necessary.

2) Read this article (http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1770) it has a
good explanation of what SpamAssasin does and how to set it up.
(Un)fortuanately I have no experience of this as my ISP runs SpamAssasin on
my mail before I get access to it.

3) Reconfigure evolution to retrieve mail from your local file system.

HTH

Jon



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