Razor

[Rodney Green]

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Hi Stef,

Thanks for replying. Are these applications pretty simple to install and
configure? Anything specific I need to know about getting them to work
with MS ans SA? Any advice is welcome.

Thanks again,
Rod

Stef Morrell wrote:
> Hi Rod,
>
>
>>I haven't used Razor to date. What are the benefits of adding
>>it to my mail server?
>
>
> Razor is a collaborative system. The idea is that if a person reports an
> email as spam, then every other user who receives the same email knows
> that it is spam.
>
> In practical terms, it plugs into SpamAssassin. SpamAssassin checks the
> Razor database as part of it's spam checks and gives additional score to
> those emails which match existing entries.
>
> My advice is to use it, along with Pyzor and DCC, which work in similar
> fashion. SpamAssassin has rules which match all three services and
> further rules to account for times when a given email matches in
> multiple databases.
>
> Stef
>
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Rodney Green
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Trayer Products, Inc.
E-Mail: rgreen at trayerproducts.com
Phone: 607-734-8124 Ext. 343

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