How do I teach Spam Assassin?

[Nigel Wade]

Jonathan Gardner wrote:
> Add the lines:
> 
> 5 1 * * * sa-learn --ham --mbox /var/spool/mail/<your username>

I wouldn't do this.

This tells SA that all the mail currently in your inbox is ham so any spam 
in your inbox will be learned as ham. Since you are running it at 1am 
there's a good chance there will be new spam in it which you haven't had a 
chance to remove.

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Nigel Wade, System Administrator, Space Plasma Physics Group,
             University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK
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