Re: looking into spamassassin mail proxy solution

tuxbeagle wrote:
> Thanks,
> Knowing what to search for helps.
> The first document I started reading has an installation where spam is
> filtered to a specific user 'spammy'.  I hope that there is a way to just
> tag the spam in the header and let the user filter locally.
>  

visit the postfix and amavisd-new sites and start slowly, one step at a
time.

those big bang howtos available won't do you good if you have no idea
what they are for.

when configuring amavisd-new, look in the config file, and make sure
D_PASS is used for spam (not for viruses. you don't want to deliver
viruses, whether tagged or not, because MUAs may execute them anyway).

setting postfix is not difficult, but you need to have some
understanding of how email works (this is true whatever MTA you use).
some level of discipline (call it process if you prefer buzzwords):
change things incrementally, test, commit (a backup is enough, or just
document the changes and things you discover), move to the next step,
... etc. In any case, big bang approaches sometimes work, but not always
as intended...