Re: [opensuse] Kmail & Spamassassin

John Andersen wrote:
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:03 AM, Joe Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

spamassassin can do a good job as part of a multi layered spam defense.


Spamassassin can do an EXCELLENT job as the ONLY layer in a
spam defense EVEN on a pop-3 client such as Kmail.

It can, if the users mail account is not being targeted. But that assumption does not hold true everywhere.

Sanity check and grey listing at an smtp gateway (beyond the control
of the pop-3 user) are largely redundant, as virtually none of this
traffic passes a well tuned Spamassassin setup.

I'm responsible for a mail system which attempts to protect 15,000 users from spam, and you'd be surprised how devious the spammers have gotten lately. They're not all stupid, and they do have resources behind them.

pm me if you want to hear some horror stories.

Joe

--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx