[DCN-TechOps] Re: SPAM tagging

[Steve McMahon]

It looks like UCD is using:

X-Spam-Score: *****

as their SPAM flag. It might make sense to copy this usage to make 
things easy for folks who also get UCD mail. We could also benefit from 
copying (with credit) their client setup instructions.

[With SpamAssassin, the number of asterisks would represent the 
spam-rules score. I've been using the "X-Spam-Flag: YES" header, which 
turns on at a score of five.]

Steve

DCN Web Team wrote:
> Thanks for the reference. I was looking through their e-mail client 
> setups, and discovered that the Windows version of Outlook Express had 
> the note "Outlook Express does not support the kind of filtering options 
> required to filter Spam tagged by UC Davis."
> 
> Sure enough, it's filtering options are truly primitive and inadequate. 
> The Mac version, which is newer, is OK.
> 
> Steve
> 
> Russ Hobby wrote:
> 
>> UCD has recently started spam tagging too.  They have web page that 
>> helps with the filter configs (http://security.ucdavis.edu/spam.cfm).  
>> Such a page might be good for DCN too.
>>
>> I agree that the header is sufficient.
>>
>> Russ
>>
>> At 10:15 AM 5/6/2003 -0700, John M. Crowell wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 6 May 2003, Steve McMahon wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hi Jack,
>>> >
>>> > I've cc'd the TechOps, since this question probably deserves 
>>> multiple minds.
>>> >
>>> > My thought is that the "X-Spam-Flag: YES" is sufficient. I believe 
>>> that
>>> > all recent-vintage email clients allow filtering on arbitrary headers.
>>> > In fact, I used to do so with Eudora before I switched to Mozilla.
>>> >
>>>
>>> You're right, of course.  I found the proper filtering option in
>>> Eudora 5.1.  (The "filter" menu option wasn't the way to go; it took
>>> a few extra key clicks under "Tools.")
>>>
>>> You've got a good point about modifying the Subject line.  That starts
>>> to encroach on censorship.
>>>
>>>         - J
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