Re: newbie spam filtering with gnus

[Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com>]

Enrico Schumann <es@enricoschumann.net> writes:

> On Wed, 01 Apr 2015, Steven Arntson <steven@stevenarntson.com> writes:
>> 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
>>
>
> When I used POP some years ago, what worked out of the box for me was
> using SpamAssassin as an external programme (spamc) during splitting, as
> described in the manual:
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/gnus/SpamAssassin.html
>
> To quote from the relevant section:
>
> ,----
> | [A] solution is to call the external tools during splitting. Example
> | fancy split method:
> | 
> |   (setq nnmail-split-fancy '(| (: kevin-spamassassin)
> |                                ...))
> | 
> |   (defun kevin-spamassassin ()
> |     (save-excursion
> |       (save-restriction
> |         (widen)
> |         (if (eq 1 (call-process-region (point-min) (point-max)
> |                                        "spamc" nil nil nil "-c"))
> |             "spam"))))
> `----
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>      Enrico

Thank you for this---I've read, or tried to, the page you've referenced,
though it's far over my head. I put the code above into my .gnus.el
file. However, I really am in the dark! For instance, is the `...' in
the second line of that code an ellipsis telling me to put my own items
in there, or is it active code that should be preserved? Do I really use
"kevin-spamassassin" or am I to change that to something that has to do
with my own system? At present, the code isn't doing anything as far as
I can tell.