From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/17535 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Steven Arntson Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: newbie spam filtering with gnus Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:31:28 -0700 Message-ID: <87ego44m0v.fsf@stevenarntson.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1427855581 21581 80.91.229.3 (1 Apr 2015 02:33:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 02:33:01 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 01 04:32:46 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd8SS-0004MG-MY for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:32:44 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41322 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd8SR-0005mm-TV for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:32:43 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38748) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd8SO-0005jo-EO for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:32:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd8SL-00085E-9G for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:32:40 -0400 Original-Received: from plane.gmane.org ([80.91.229.3]:41564) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd8SL-000856-2h for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:32:37 -0400 Original-Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yd8SI-0004DV-J5 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:32:34 +0200 Original-Received: from 104.244.220.59 ([104.244.220.59]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:32:34 +0200 Original-Received: from steven by 104.244.220.59 with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 01 Apr 2015 04:32:34 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 104.244.220.59 User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:FJeE1rf2X2FU+NaEO59k4dUStVM= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 80.91.229.3 X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:17535 Archived-At: Several times in the last few months I've read through the Gnus manual about filtering out spam, and I always end overwhelmed. But I would like to accomplish something. I'm getting about 50 spam mails a day right now in my POP "nnml:mail.misc". They are all pretty "obvious" spam of the sort containing word salad under subject lines about discounted drugs and impossible enhancements. I've downloaded Spamassassin, but haven't been able to get my head around fancy splitting, connecting Gnus to Spamassassin, &c. And there appear to be many other options besides Spamassassin, which I am at a loss to evaluate. Is there any sort of simple "starter kit" for newcomers getting going on filtering out spam? Thank you for any advice aimed at a not-very-technical person! -steven Emacs 24.4.1 Gnus 5.13