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Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus
From: |
Enrico Schumann |
Subject: |
Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus |
Date: |
Thu, 02 Apr 2015 20:48:34 +0200 |
On Thu, 02 Apr 2015, Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com> writes:
> Enrico Schumann <es@enricoschumann.net> writes:
>
>> On Wed, 01 Apr 2015, Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com> writes:
>>> Is there any sort of simple "starter kit" for newcomers getting going on
>>> filtering out spam?
>>>
>>> Thank you for any advice aimed at a not-very-technical person!
>>> -steven
>>>
>>
>> When I used POP some years ago, what worked out of the box for me was
>> using SpamAssassin as an external programme (spamc) during splitting, as
>> described in the manual:
>>
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/SpamAssassin.html
>>
>> To quote from the relevant section:
>>
>> ,----
>> | [A] solution is to call the external tools during splitting. Example
>> | fancy split method:
>> |
>> | (setq nnmail-split-fancy '(| (: kevin-spamassassin)
>> | ...))
>> |
>> | (defun kevin-spamassassin ()
>> | (save-excursion
>> | (save-restriction
>> | (widen)
>> | (if (eq 1 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
>> | "spamc" nil nil nil "-c"))
>> | "spam"))))
>> `----
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Enrico
>
> Thank you for this---I've read, or tried to, the page you've referenced,
> though it's far over my head. I put the code above into my .gnus.el
> file. However, I really am in the dark! For instance, is the `...' in
> the second line of that code an ellipsis telling me to put my own items
> in there, or is it active code that should be preserved? Do I really use
> "kevin-spamassassin" or am I to change that to something that has to do
> with my own system? At present, the code isn't doing anything as far as
> I can tell.
[Caveat: I cannot test what I describe below since I do not use this
setup any more.]
First, make sure that SpamAssassin is installed on your system. For
instance, open a terminal and type 'spamc -V', and it should tell you
the installed version.
Then, in your .gnus.el, add something like this:
(setq nnmail-split-methods 'nnmail-split-fancy
nnmail-split-fancy '(| (: kevin-spamassassin)
"catchall.inbox"))
In which "catchall.inbox" is the group to which all non-spam mails go.
Also add the function kevin-spamassassin, as given in the manual (and
above). The "spam" in the last line of the function is the group to
which spam emails go.
Good luck.
[And you may rename 'kevin-spamassassin' as you wish, as long as you
also use that name with 'nnmail-split-fancy'.]
--
Enrico Schumann
Lucerne, Switzerland
http://enricoschumann.net
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Enrico Schumann, 2015/04/01
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Steven Arntson, 2015/04/02
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus,
Enrico Schumann <=
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Steven Arntson, 2015/04/02
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Enrico Schumann, 2015/04/03
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Steven Arntson, 2015/04/03
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Enrico Schumann, 2015/04/04
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Steven Arntson, 2015/04/04
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Steven Arntson, 2015/04/04
- Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus, Enrico Schumann, 2015/04/04