Re: [opensuse] Kmail & Spamassassin

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Joe Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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.

Interesting, but not the topic at hand. Your original message
more or less poo-pooed spamassassin as a end user defense,
instead suggesting all sorts of options that are totally unavailable to a
end (pop-3) user.

A well set up and trained SA is the single most effective anti-spam
tool available to a pop-3 user. Especially with network tests turned
on and weighted appropriately.



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