[wplug] Is Spamassassin good?

[Mike Sussman]

On Saturday I posted a question asking about Spamassassin.  I have discovered 
that, at least in my configuration, Spamassassin is absolutely unacceptable, 
and I have removed it from my system.  I am posting this message as a warning 
to others.

I was using it with Kmail, and I have an imap account that is my main mail 
account.  The way it is configured, each email needed to be downloaded, run 
through Spamassassin, and then uploaded back to the imap account.  The 
problem is that, on two occasions the upload failed, sending all my new 
messages to the great bitbucket in the sky!  This is not Spamassassin's 
fault, I know, but it seems to be the only way for me to use it, and it is 
unacceptable.

If you do use Spamassassin, use it on local mail files only.

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                       Mike Sussman
                       sussmanm at math.pitt.edu