> I have a single user complaining of excessive spam. What is the best > user based spam prevention plugin for SM?
The best way to do it is to tag incoming email as it arrives. For this job, I use SpamAssassin with SQL prefs. Then I use the SpamAssassin SQL prefs plugin for squirrelmail to adjust things as required. The advantages? Using SpamAssassin is MUCH faster than having a PHP script examining each message when you login. It is capable of doing a lot more tests, and getting into a lot more detail. All users have the ability to filter out spam if they so choose, since all messages will be tagged. They just need to filter based on a header. If they don't set up the filter, everything continues as before. The disadvantages? It's something else to install and maintain. You need to grok your email system pretty well before you fuss with it. Also, when it comes time to do the actual filtering.. You may want to look into other ways other than the message filter plugin. Like I said before, it's faster to do it outside of SquirrelMail rather than having SM look at every new message while you wait..and wait.. to login. I have Cyrus, SM, SpamAssassin 2.60, Apache 1.2.x, and PHP 4.2.3. I use SpamAssassin with SQL prefs in a mysql database, using Cyrus' SIEVE and the avelsieve plugin to handle the filtering aspect. If you'd like to try duplicating my setup, just contact me for more specific details. -- Chris Hilts [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php -- squirrelmail-users mailing list List Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id)95 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
