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Old 03-25-2007, 10:19 AM   #1
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spam protection in linux>?


Hi to our nicecommunity. Unfortunately i am having problems in my email account with tons of spams i need a nice anti spam programme that will help me get rid of those mseeages. I use kmail.. i have tried spamassasin but unfortunately consumes so much cpu that makes my computer useless
 
Old 03-25-2007, 10:45 AM   #2
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Spamfilters

Γιασου!

Well, what are the specifications of your PC? Yes, piping the mails through a filter needs CPU capacity.

I use Kmail as well with spamassasin and bogofilter. It makes sense to combine and train those two filters. Sometimes I discover spam-mails in the trash that were put there by spamassasin, some by bogofilter. Using only one program reduces the effectivity.

CRM114 and SpamBayes are available with Kmail too.

If use lots of filters, make sure these filters are on top. Otherwise another one might apply and the filter-process is aborted.

But beforehand, try to use the spam-filter of your ISP (if it has one) The one of my ISP filters about 95% of the spam-mail. This reduces the load of spam that arrives in your inbox tremendously.

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Old 03-25-2007, 01:47 PM   #3
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Thanks a lot for your reply. Where did u learn Greek ?
My cpu is a celeron 2.0Ghz and with spamassasin simple i cant control my pc for some minutes
So whatever u suggest me plz make sure it does not need many cpu cycles to work well
 
Old 03-25-2007, 03:38 PM   #4
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looks like you've just not configured SA right... use SA, it's good.
 
Old 03-25-2007, 03:52 PM   #5
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When i have installed spamassasin i have tried to find out an optimization spamassasin guide but unfortunately never found one
Any suggestions how to
a)use kmail with spamassasin
b)make spamassasin work really fast?
Otherwise i will need another programme

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Old 03-25-2007, 03:57 PM   #6
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kde and spamassissin do not "work together" they have nothing in common. you say you've tried spamassassin but not said a single thing about HOW you used it... i hope you've actually read some documentation for once? http://spamassassin.apache.org/doc.html
 
Old 03-25-2007, 04:09 PM   #7
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Sorry i meant kmail with spamassasin. I need the tutorial u gave me and plz suggest me what to read. I want something simple and easy to use,, and i think the tutorial u gave me doesnoit help to that direction
 
Old 03-25-2007, 04:34 PM   #8
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I use Mozilla Thunderbird. After it learns whats junk and whats not, it does a decent job. Though nothing beats a human filtering spam.

If you get too much spam, it is time to read the email for unsubscribing.
 
Old 06-06-2007, 06:26 PM   #9
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try the documentations (Getting Started or something) on the SA website

I also agree that SA can be very fast. In fact, I am running a close-to-default installation of SA on my Pentium III server (underclocked to 300mhz!) and it runs quite well. But of course, it depends on the volume of email you get, too.
 
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please don't drag up dead threads, it gets very confusing...
 
Old 06-07-2007, 05:26 PM   #11
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sorry about that =) I didn't pay attention to the date
 
  


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