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Re: Noob seeks help with splitting and spam
From: |
Jim Burton |
Subject: |
Re: Noob seeks help with splitting and spam |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:46:35 -0000 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Hi Richard, thanks for your reply.
Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:
[snip]
>
> Spam filtering is confusing to start with. This is apparent
> from the same issues cropping up in #emacs and other resources. That
> said its incredibly powerful.
>
> I'm not sure how group settings for "auto spam check" work when set in
> conjunction with nnimap-inbox and spam-split.
>
> But this is how my working setup looks:-
>
> (setq spam-use-bogofilter t)
>
> (require 'spam)
> (spam-initialize)
>
> (setq nnimap-inbox "INBOX")
> (setq nnimap-split-methods 'default)
> (setq nnimap-split-download-body t)
>
> (setq nnmail-split-fancy '(|(: spam-split)))
> (setq nnmail-split-methods 'nnmail-split-fancy)
>
> (setq spam-autodetect-recheck-messages nil)
> (setq spam-mark-ham-unread-before-move-from-spam-group t)
> (setq spam-mark-new-messages-in-spam-group-as-spam t)
> (setq spam-split-group "Gnus-Spam")
>
> In the group customisation for my INBOXs (G c) I set :-
>
Huh! I didn't know you could customize all this on a group by group
basis. I've a lot to learn about Gnus. In the meantime, I'll try out
your settings and see how it works for me. Thanks for your help,
Jim
> ,----
> |[X] Spam Summary Exit Processor: [Value Menu] Spam Summary Exit Processor
> Choices:
> | Set:
> | [X] Spam: Bogofilter
> | [ ] Spam: Blacklist
> |
> `----
>
> Q: does this have to be set? Is spam-use-bogofilter in addition or a
> precursor to this working?
>
> ,----
> | [X] Destination for spam-processed articles at summary exit: [Value Menu]
> Move to multiple groups:
> | [INS] [DEL] Destination group: nnimap+riley:Gnus-Spam
> | [INS]
> | Where spam-processed articles will go at summary exit.
> `----
>
> note : fully qualified.
>
> Its in Gnus-Spam that I can recheck. The group customisation settings
> for there are:
>
> ,----
> | [X] Group contents spam/ham classification:
> | Group contents classification for spam sorting: [Value Menu]
> gnus-group-spam-classification-spam
> | Spam group classification (requires spam.el). [More]
> |
> `----
>
> the concept of "spam" and ham groups can be confusing too. mark as ham?
> Its ham. Mark as spam? Its spam. The corresponding exit processors take
> care. I need to reread the manual I think. e.g is INBOX a spam folder?
> or a ham folder? or nothing? It certainly contains ham. And often
> contains spam which I manually mark with M-d and is then moved to
> gnus-spam when I exit the group. But what kind of group is it?
>
> ,----
> | [X] Spam Summary Exit Processor: [Value Menu] Spam Summary Exit Processor
> Choices:
> | Set:
> | [X] Spam: Bogofilter
> |
> `----
>
> ,----
> | [X] Destination for spam-processed articles at summary exit: [Value Menu]
> Move to multiple groups:
> | [INS] [DEL] Destination group: nnimap+riley:Trash
> | [INS]
> `----
>
> ,----
> | [X] Destination for ham articles at summary exit from a spam group: [Value
> Menu] Move to a group: nnimap+riley:mail
> | Where ham articles will go at summary exit from a spam group.
> `----
>
>
> ,----
> | [X] Ham mark choices:
> | Set:
> | [ ] gnus-del-mark
> | Mark used for del'd articles.
> | [ ] gnus-read-mark
> | Mark used for read articles.
> | [X] gnus-ticked-mark
> | Mark used for ticked articles.
> | [ ] gnus-killed-mark
> | Mark used for killed articles.
> | [ ] gnus-kill-file-mark
> | Mark used for articles killed by kill files.
> | [ ] gnus-low-score-mark
> | Mark used for articles with a low score.
> | Marks considered ham (positively not spam). Such articles will be
> [More]
> |
> | [X] Spam mark choices:
> | Set:
> | [X] gnus-spam-mark
> | Mark used for spam articles.
> `----
>
> Anyway, I hope this helps! "works for me" ... ;)
>
>
>
>
>
--
J Burton