Re: spam spltting my sys emails

[Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com>]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 14:32:29 +0200 Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> RR> Using this set up
>
> RR>    (setq nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
> RR>    (setq nnimap-split-methods 'default)
> RR>    (setq nnmail-split-fancy (quote (: spam-split)))
> RR>    (setq nnmail-split-methods (quote nnmail-split-fancy))
>
> Ouch.  Are you sure you want spam-split to be the only determinant of
> where mail goes?  I would at least provide a default destination at the
> end.

I'm not sure I follow you. nnml has a default destination : nnml-directory.
>
> RR> combined with
>
> RR> ,----
> RR> | spam-split-group is a variable defined in `spam.el'.
> RR> | Its value is "Gnus-Spam"
> RR> | 
> RR> | Documentation:
> RR> | Group name where incoming spam should be put by `spam-split'.
> RR> `----
>
> RR> I have a select method for nnml which processes var/spool/mail mbox and
> RR> usually used to put them in mail.misc group in the nnml-directory
> RR> (~/Mail).
>
> RR> Now its determining that all my sys emails from cron etc are spam and
> RR> refiling them to spam-split-group, Gnu-Spam. How to stop that?
>
> It depends entirely on your spam.el configuration.  Some backend has
> decided those e-mails are spam.  You need to either check *Messages* or
> debug each of your spam backends one by one.

I have one. spam-use-bogofilter.

>
> RR> My nnml group looks like this after using command line "mail" to send an
> RR> email from root to myself:-
>
> RR> ,----
> RR> | Z      1: Gnus-Spam <-- spam splitting created this
> RR> |        0: mail.misc
> RR> | 1: sys-mail ;<--- I created this group manually moving a message
> RR> `----
>
> RR> Where Gnus-Spam has been newly created by the spam-splitting I assume.
>
> Yes, the messages will be spooled to the group and it's created if
> necessary.

Yes. But I dont want this group processed for Spam since it would be a
major hurdle to tell spam-split these are not spam. Or?

>
> RR> So how to tell the spam-split assigned to nnmail-split-fancy to ignore
> RR> the nnml feed?
>
> You need to customize your nnimap-split-methods to a function which
> overrides spam-split-group and nnmail-split-fancy (the variable) and
> calls nnmail-split-fancy (the function).  I posted an example just the
> other day.
>
> Ted

Or I guess, simply dont set the globals and pass the spam processing
values as part of the select method for the nnimap selects only (these
are the only ones I want to spam split).