Re: a short introduction to Gnus vs. Spam with spam.el

[Derrell.Lipman@UnwiredUniverse.com]

Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> At http://lifelogs.com/spam/ 
> ...
> Feel free to send me feedback,

Nice!

Just a few comments:

- The diagram in the introduction shows Spam and Ham going into the MTA, but
  the Concepts section defines Spam and Ham as distinct from "undetermined
  messages"  Shouldn't the diagram really show just "Undetermined Messages"
  (possibly with Spam/Ham in parenthesis or something)?

- Concepts should include a definition of "undetermined messages"

- In Spliting Incoming Mail, spam-use-ifile says that the user has a choice of
  using ifile for all classification or using it only for spam, but there's no
  indication (at least not in this section) of how to specify that choice.

- While reading this, I'm asking myself why I can't use multiple spam
  splitters and processors.  Is there some reason not to use bogofilter and
  blacklist, for example?  It seems from the early text, that the user must
  choose one.  The later screen shots indicate that multiple processors may be
  checked.

- 'H' as a spam mark seems counter-intuitive when the opposite is Ham.  (I
  realize that 'S' isn't available, but this is worth some consideration.)

I'm waiting until I upgrade to a newer Oort before using spam.el (I'm
currently still running 0.06) but I'm sure looking forward to it!

Cheers,

Derrell