Re: [Hampshire] Server side anti-spam

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Author: Adam Trickett
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Server side anti-spam

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57e46100.hantslug.org.uk.12302': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Mon Jan 21 22:20:11 2008 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 019AD0D8166C4BF0
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Monday 21 Jan 2008, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 16:40:05 +0000 (+0000), Dr Adam J Trickett wrote:
> > I've found that Clam-assassin with added phish.ndb and scam.ndb works
> > very well, I find the clam filters out more mail than spamassassin at
> > the moment, by a factor of at least 2.
> >
> > http://www.sanesecurity.co.uk/clamav/
>
> Oooh nice. On my spam folder (low scoring spam and missed spam) clam
> had found 13/600. It now finds 334/600. Hopefully that will catch
> more in future.


I hoped someone may find that useful. I keep meaning to send them an email to
ask them about their stuff, it seems to work really well. So far I've had no
false positives. The only thing you need to do is keep up to date with their
database for it to be effective.

--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK

While it may be faster than DLT tapes, 're-typing' is not a
valid recovery strategy.
    -- anon