-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 21/01/14 20:30, John Andersen wrote:
On 1/21/2014 8:48 AM, Bob Williams wrote:
Long. long ago in a galaxy faraway, I used to use Spamassassin in association with Kmail, configured using the built-in setup wizard.
Several years ago, I switched from Kmail to Thunderbird for email collection, but I just noticed that spamd still starts up automatically on this machine. I've also started getting more spam here recently (must be getting through my ISPs filters) and that started me wondering if it was possible to route my incoming mail through spamassassin before it gets to Thunderbird. I collect my mail from an IMAP account 'out there'.
Do I have to setup my own local IMAP server, or can Thunderbird be configured somehow?
See my sig for system information.
Thanks,
Bob
It might be easier to turn on and train the junk mail filters in Thunderbird. They can get pretty smart after period of training.
Because you rely on an imap server, you would have to either fetch all the mail and replicate it with your own resource (mbox or something more complex) and possibly forgo the benefit of imap.
It might be easier to use something like ISBG http://www.verot.net/kmail_spam.htm?lang=en-GB to prowl your IMAP account and mark (and move) spam on the remote Imap, independent of the delivery into Thunderbird. This is also recommended on the Spamassassin site: http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/RemoteImapFolder
I do use the Thunderbird junk mail filters. One of my aliases seems to be getting hit more often recently - must have found its way onto a spammers list. I'll take a look at ISBG, not heard of it before. Thanks Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.11.6-4-desktop Distro: openSUSE 13.1 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.12.1 Uptime: 18:00pm up 4:49, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.07, 0.16 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlLe+UEACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU4l5wCfbRAVFKWDUyiYz6DIVul6ucTv bkwAn2H5051gdBBRqkFwsGTSjNS171RF =dKyn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org