Messages marked as spam - Actions?
Michel Bulgado
michel at casa.co.cu
Tue Oct 6 21:40:05 CEST 2009
On Tue, 2009-10-06 at 15:19 -0400, Thomas Anderson wrote:
> tomas at tuxteam.de wrote:
> >> I'd choose the last option, move the messages to the spam folder and
> >> leave the user's decision to remove them.
> >>
> >> Now if you could guide me, as I could do this? I use postfix as MTA
> >> along with MailScanner and Dovecot as POP3 and IMAP server
> >
> > The important piece here is the MDA, that is, the piece of software
> > which actually puts the mail into the box. Depending on your
> > configuration it's Postfix itself, or Dovecot's deliver or even a
> > third-party package (e.g. Procmail).
>
> Or you could leave it to the email client. Tag the header and/or
> subject line with the "X-Bogosity" or "[SPAM]" markers respectively, and
> users can set their client software to move it to a folder or delete it.
> This would be more compatible with POP3.
>
> Personally, I use my email client (Evolution) to sort by "X-Bogosity"
> into tiers beyond the normal Ham/Unsure/Spam. I also have high
> probability (>0.9), moderate probability (>0.7,<0.9), and low
> probability (>unsure,<0.7). This helps manage how much time I spend
> scanning for false-positives. With unsures, I look at each email body.
> With low prob spam, I look carefully at senders and subjects. With
> mod prob spam, I quickly scan senders and subjects. And for high prob
> spam, I barely glance through the list, either sender or subject but
> rarely both, before deleting.
>
> Tom
I chose the option of dovecot, sieve using the plugin to move messages
marked as spam into the spam folder.
There are still messages that is marked as "Unsure" I think those can
stay in the inbox and the user determines is spam, then report it to
pass it to bogofilter.
Thanks
Michel
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