Re: Exim and spamassasin

[Reid Priedhorsky <reid@reidster.net>]

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:40:11 +0100, Rhys Hardwick wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the advice.  I think I will try sa-exim, but it will mean 
> changing my config files.  I always get a bit touchy doing this on a 
> running system!  I'll hold my breath and give it a go though!

It sounds to me like sa-exim is not for you. You can avoid entangling
spamassassin with exim; simply install the spamassassin package (not
sa-exim) and then edit your ~/.procmailrc file. Here's the relevant parts
of mine.

  :0fw: mail/spamassassin.lock
  | /usr/bin/spamassassin

  # Spam score >= 17 gets /dev/nulled
  :0:
  * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
  /dev/null

  :0:
  * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
  mail/spam.spool

It sends suspected spam to the mail folder ~/mail/spam.spool, unless the
score is greater than 17 in which case it goes right to /dev/null (I
suggest you omit this part until you are more familiar with spamassassin).

Of course, test thoroughly. :)

HTH,

Reid

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