Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 49412
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3/10    Is there a reliable way to control spam on soda?
        Can someone write an "any undergrad can do it" level FAQ?  Thanks.
        \_ echo "/dev/null" > ~/.forward
        \_ I use Thunderbird to check my soda mail.
        \_ Forward to gmail.  Let google's spam filter work for you.
        \_ I use spamassassin. I just checked and it caught all but one of
           the 358 (!) pieces of spam I was mailed today. I only had two
           legit emails though, so perhaps answer #1 is better for me.
           I actually forward my csua email to google, as well, which
           does further filtering.
           http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/UsedViaProcmail
           for how to install spamassassin and procmail. -ausman
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wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/UsedViaProcmail
Note that some systems use procmail by default, so the directions in the next paragraph may not be necessary for your installation. Also, some accounts require use of web-based configuration tools to specify that a given mailbox should "filter" to /usr/bin/procmail (for example). cf: mailbox_command = /usr/bin/procmail -a "$EXTENSION" How do I use SpamAssassin with procmail? Most spam # isn't bigger than a few k and working with big messages can bring # SpamAssassin to its knees. with a score higher than the set threshold) # is moved to "probably-spam". Important details If you're running procmail as root, you need to add the line DROPPRIVS=yes at the top of the procmail script to avoid having an invalid owner of the processed email.