how to train bogofilter using postfix

[David Relson]

On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:13:27 +0100
Christophe Journel wrote:

> Hi !
> 
> I found this in the FAQ :
> 
> How can I use SpamAssassin to train Bogofilter?
> 
> If you have a working SpamAssassin installation (or care to create one), you
> can use its return codes to train bogofilter. The easiest way is to create a
> script for your MDA that runs SpamAssassin, tests the spam/non-spam return
> code, and runs bogofilter to register the message as spam (or non-spam). The
> sample procmail recipe below shows one way to do this:
> 
> BOGOFILTER = "/usr/bin/bogofilter"
> BOGOFILTER_DIR = "training"
> SPAMASSASSIN = "/usr/bin/spamassassin"
> 
> :0 HBc
> * ? $SPAMASSASSIN -e
> #spam yields non-zero
> #non-spam yields zero
> | $BOGOFILTER -n -d $BOGOFILTER_DIR
> #else (E)
> :0Ec
> | $BOGOFILTER -s -d $BOGOFILTER_DIR
> 
> :0fw
> | $BOGOFILTER -p -e
> 
> :0:
> * ^X-Bogosity:.Spam
> spam
> 
> :0:
> * ^X-Bogosity:.Ham
> non-spam
> 
> 
> but my problem is.. i have only postfix, not procmail.
> is there a script somewhere on the internet i can use ?
> 
> thx

Christophe,

Why not install procmail (or maildrop)?  It's easy enough to do :->

It's not necessary to train bogofilter from postfix.  You can do it
from the command line quite easily.  Information is in the man pages
and the FAQ.

Regards,

David