adding anti spam rules

[Gavin Nelmes-Crocker]

okay I'm confused now -  I didn't have a /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf on
my system so I created it and put the rule in as below but with no effect -
I've tried reading the man page as suggested and either I need to have some
alcohol to help understand or I need a translator as this is way over my
head.

But now I don't understand the use of the spam.assassin.prefs file I thought
that's where this stuff would go maybe I'm not grasping how MailScanner
interacts with Spamassassin properly.

Gavin
  -----Original Message-----
  From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
Behalf Of Julian Field
  Sent: 05 February 2003 10:47
  To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
  Subject: Re: adding anti spam rules


  Also, read "man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf".

  At 22:33 04/02/2003, you wrote:

    Oops copied this from a vendors rule who has a bad history of open
relays, score should be 5 or whatever amount you want to add to the score.

      -----Original Message-----

      From: Derek Winkler [mailto:dwinkler at algorithmics.com]

      Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:28 PM

      To: MAILSCANNER at jiscmail.ac.uk

      Subject: Re: adding anti spam rules


      On my system...


      In /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf


      body LOCAL_SEPTIC          /Want a free flowing and trouble free
Septic Tank/i

      describe LOCAL_SEPTIC      "Septic Tank Content"

      score LOCAL_SEPTIC -5


      -----Original Message-----

      From: Gavin Nelmes-Crocker [mailto:gavin at NETERGY.COM]

      Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:26 PM

      To: MAILSCANNER at jiscmail.ac.uk

      Subject: adding anti spam rules


      I'm struggling to work out how I can add a rule to block mails with
specific

      content in a mail


      i.e. Want a free flowing and trouble free Septic Tank?


      would I add this to spam.assassin.prefs? and in what way - the only
examples

      I've seen seem to be for info in the header,subject or from specific
people.

      What I need is somewhere or some method of adding specific sound bites
from

      within the mail - I realize this is risky if something was added that
could

      be legitimate but I'm assured no one wants the above or if they do
they have

      it already without assistance form some unknown person in another part
of

      the world tinkering with their septic tank.


      Thanks


      Gavin



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