[horde] Sam - SpamAssassin module

[Spyros Tsiolis]

--- On Mon, 15/11/10, Andy Dorman <adorman at ironicdesign.com> wrote:

> From: Andy Dorman <adorman at ironicdesign.com>
> Subject: Re: [horde] Sam - SpamAssassin module
> To: horde at lists.horde.org
> Date: Monday, 15 November, 2010, 16:06
> > 
> >> I would like to have some way for individual users
> to do this
> >> themselves without having to log into Plesk.
> > It is usually a very bad idea to let normal users
> train a complex anti-spam
> > solution like spamassassin - independently from if the
> results just affecting
> > all users or the affected user only.
> > 
> 
> Bad, bad idea to have individuals drive the training. 
> We tried it for a couple of months several years ago and it
> was a disaster.  People will mark email as spam instead
> of removing their names from legitimate mailing lists. 
> They will also mark valid emails from people they just do
> not want to hear from any more as spam.
> 
> We ended up having to completely wipe the db and start over
> with a few select, trained employees feeding the db and now
> we get very few FPs.
> 
> -- Andy Dorman


I agree,

You don't let plain users do such stuff. You'll end up shooting
yourself in the foot.

just my 2c,

s.


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