[Users] Selectively using Spam Assassin plugin on certain accounts

Andrej Kacian andrej at kacian.sk
Wed May 28 21:34:25 CEST 2014


On Wed, 28 May 2014 11:41:43 -0700
Dan Lyke <danlyke at flutterby.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 11:36 AM,  <sylpheed at 911networks.com> wrote:
> > How does the Bogofilter compares with SpamAssassin? I'm currently
> > running Bogo and there are plenty of new spam coming through that's not
> > being caught by Bogo...  
> 
> I believe that they take different approaches: Spam Assassin works by
> heuristics and keyword searching, Bogofilter works by statistical
> analysis. If you're getting spam, layering the two together might not
> be a bad idea.

To add to Dan here, SpamAssassin can also use statistical technique (Bayesian
filtering), in addition to its other spam detecting mechanism. Therefore I
consider it superior, although more heavy-weight alternative to Bogofilter.

Regards,
-- 
Andrej Kacian



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