[Users] Spam Folder Best Practices

[Steve Litt]

On Sat, 31 May 2014 11:28:08 -0400
andré <andr55 at laposte.net> wrote:

> Tim Zakharov a écrit :
> > Okay, after noticing how much RAM SpamAssassin was using (over 100MB
> > between spamd and child processes), and the 15 seconds per email it
> > was taking to scan (according to the logs), I've switched to
> > BogoFilter.
> >
> > I've noticed if I leave
> > 'Configuration->Preferences->Plugins->BogoFilter->Save Spam In..'
> > blank, it seems to send spam to that account's Trash.  But if I
> > create a Spam folder in each account, I see no way to tell CM to
> > send an account's spam to *that account's* spam folder.  Is there a
> > way to do this, or is the preferred method to have a single spam
> > folder for all accounts?  Or, just leave the 'Save Spam In...'
> > field blank so it goes into that account's Trash...
> >
> 
> Having many email accounts, I like the default of sending spam to the 
> trash of the related account.  Trash is usually otherwise mostly
> empty, and spam is not a large portion of emails received.
> (Even with email programs that let easily defining a separate spam 
> folder per account.)
> 
> That way email remains with account it is sent to, which makes it
> easier to put it into the wanted folder.  (Filters automatically
> class my email into many tens of folders.)
> In my experience, many emails classed as spam are legitimate,
> although most are indeed spam.
> 
> I just have to be vigilent to catch wanted emails automatically 
> classified as spam, before emptying each trash folder.

Hi André,

So far, the replies I've seen seem to indicate that Claws can't do
this. But perhaps there's another way...

You could make your own Dovecot IMAP server on your desktop, with its
own folder structure. You could then, after spam processing, have
Procmail drop messages in the correct Dovecot maildir directories.

At this point you're just using Claws as a viewport into your Dovecot.

This is A LOT of work, too much just to get per-account spam folders.
But having your own local IMAP has a lot of other advantages, including
a measure of email client independence, and ability to access your
email from any computer, without having your very personal email stored
on Google or anyone else likely to submit to a government warrant or
NSA backdoor.

If you're interested in this alternative, here's some info on how I did
it:

http://troubleshooters.com/lpm/201202/201202.htm

HTH,

SteveT

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