MS not deleting spam

Eagle Net Support support at EAGLE-ACCESS.NET
Thu Jan 22 23:55:27 GMT 2004


Ugo Bellavance wrote:

> > -----Message d'origine-----
> > De : Eagle Net Support [mailto:support at EAGLE-ACCESS.NET]
> > Envoyé : Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:12 PM
> > À : MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > Objet : MS not deleting spam
> >
> >
>
> > How do I get the rest of these mails to not go to the
> > clients?  They are
> > apparently successfully being recognized as spam.
>
> What is apparently your problem is that you didin't realize that there were 2 settings for spam:
>
> High Scoring Spam Actions
>
> and
>
> Spam Actions
>
> -What probably happens here is that your Spam Actions  is set to deliver and High Scoring is set to delete
>
> Set both to store delete or just delete if you don't want to store them.

Which file am I looking to edit for 'High Scoring Spam Actions' and 'Spam Actions'?

joe

>
>
> >
> > Are there any other good known things to be implemented to get a good
> > starting base for spam filtering?
>
> Probably install Razor, DCC, Pyzor, which is pretty straightforward, then maybe check for special spamassassin rules...
>
> >
> > Are all the default RBL entries built in, needed, and are there any
> > others that should be added?
>
> This is a personal thing.  Your setup is basically very good, so just stay tuned on this list to learn what is changing.  And maybe give a look at the threads about bigevil.cf a few days ago.
> >
> > Finally, is there an 'after install' docs or mail archive
> > that addresses
> > the potential after install buffing issues?
>
> Hmm, this is the job list.  What happens is that mail hosting is such a complex thing and the setups vary so much from one person to the other, what usually happens is that one installs it, comes on the list for "after install buffing issues", then writes his own doc for his site.  At least that is what I've done.
>
> Some people will write their own, very-compex rules, and some others will stay close to the default setup.  It all depends on your need.
>
> >
> > Thanks any help would be greatly appreciated.  I hope I didn't ask too
> > many questions at once.....
>
> That is ok.  But more importantly, stay subscribed to this list.
> >
> > joe
> >
> >
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