Re: [vps-mail] Feedback requested - filter on [hormel luncheon meat] in subject?

["Andy McKell, FOCUS Internet" <mac@xxxxxxxx>]

At 09:34 AM 12/7/2005 -0800, you wrote:

> At 10:38 AM +0100 12/7/05, Andy McKell, FOCUS Internet said something about:
> > When I set the spam/virus filtering system up (SA and MailScanner 
> > filtering), I offered it to my clients (at a small fee) and all my 
> > contributing clients' mails are run through that server, so we use a 
> > standard set of initial criteria.
>
> I'm surprised that you're able to offer anti-spam as an add-on.  Then 
> again, my hosting prices are above the norm ($35/month for a subhosting 
> account on a VPS), so your hosting prices may be low enough that the 
> add-on still makes sense.

20mb + 1 mailbox for euros 100 p.a.
And I'm expensive for the local market

> >  Mail from known databased spammers (e.g. from Spammers-R-Us.ru) is 
> > bounced. ALL other mails are delivered to the appropriate server, where 
> > a plethora of individual preferences are catered for by Procmail recipes.
>
> Interesting - so you have VPS #1 handle ALL incoming email, then it 
> bounces it to other various VPSs?

Yes - forwards to the relevant IP address, where the virtusertable and 
local procmail takes over

> >  Some folks want to see the suspect spam, others join me in trashing the 
> > lot, some want specific addresses blacklisted, some want to receive .exe 
> > attachments (!) others don't....
>
> Ah, when I see how much time you spend on crafting individual's spam 
> preferences, a fee makes sense.  I offer clients either the 'see all 
> SA-labeled spam' or 'trash all SA-labeled spam' options

It's pretty much an initial setup, then rare tinkerings afterwards. It's my 
"USP" on spam/virus filtering.


> > I hope this helps clarify?
>
> Greatly - thank you :)
>
> But getting back to my original question, I think I just need to run my 
> own personal spam thru sa-learn again with all the [spam]-subject email 
> that's getting thru.  Those spams are getting tagged as BAYES_00 by SA, so 
> it obviously needs to be 'schooled' :)
>
> Matt
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