Spam Assassin

[claude34]

I've just noticed Spam Assassin is available, which automatically deals with Spam. Does anyone have any details at all about how it works?

Does it:
a) delete any mail which it thinks is spam, using it's black list and special rules etc

or

b) mark these spam messages with **SPAM** or suchlike in the subject, so you can check them before deleting them.

I've started getting SPAM sent to my personal e-mail address, and would really like to kill them, but not risk losing any real messages sent to me. I'd like to check Spam Assassin is doing a good job at that before I let it delete too much mail.

Any response appreciated.

Claude

[jason]

It just marks the messages by default, so you won't lose anything. The topic of customizing has been dealt with before, you probably find several threads on the subject if you search around.

--Jason