[BNM] SpamAssasin

[Pete Dowdell]

Guy Tierney wrote:
> I was chatting recently (read autumn) with someone about SpamAssasin and the
> plug-ins involved to help it do its job properly as the the product itself
> isn't much cop alone.
>
> We're running Plesk on our Tomcat server so it seems to be an obvious
> choice. 
>
> Can anyone point me in the direction of how to get the best from this
> software and or where to get these plug-ins - I may have completely the
> wrong end of the stick not being a techie so go easy on me and the tech
> speak ;D
>   

You're not holding the stick in the right place at least...! ;)

SpamAssasin : spam filtering system that operates when mail is received 
on a mail server
Plesk: web-based control panel for site hosting
Tomcat: a JSP application

To use spamasssasin you need it enabled on a mail server that handles 
your mail: either as the destination server or more sophisticatedly as a 
relay server.  It will label all mail filtered with a spam score, and 
you then configure your mail server and/or mail client to take the 
appropriate action according to the additional labelling spamassasin has 
applied to the message.

Sooo, plesk may be able to help you but I doubt it.  Tomcat isn't part 
of the equation at all.

Pete

PS...SA is a great system that is remarkably good at labelling spam.  
YMMV however, depending on configuration of your email hosting.  SA does 
multiple things to assess messages: black lists, bayes filtering, 
structure analysis etc.  But on a regular linux-y type environment, it 
should just work (and well) straight after install without much faff.  
phaff.  faf.