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RE: [LUG] Spam filtering



> I've currently got a spam tagging system setup using Postfix with 
> SpamAssassin. After running it for a while I'm very impressed by the 
> 100% accuracy of the tagging and I want to start actually 
> removing the 
> spam to a file in a corner somewhere for manual checking later.

100%? Hmm have to disaggree slightly there, but I suspect our rules are
out of date.  It's been missing the Iraq War in subject line porn type
spam lately.  But 98% success definatly I would aggree with.

> Since this isn't supported by SpamAssassin itself, I need to pipe the 
> mail through a shell script in a .forward file to determine 
> if it's spam 
> or not, by checking for the presence of the "X-Spam-Status: 
> Yes" header.
> 
> Anyone know how I can do this?
> I have a basic knowledge of shell scripting, but not enough 
> to have even 
> an idea of how to deal with a piped-in mail.

You want to have a look at using procmail see
http://spamassassin.org/dist/procmailrc.example

Pete Hatton
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