Bug #128370 - Spam filtering in Evolution

[Dougie Richardson]

On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 22:36 +0100, Matthew East wrote:

> 1. I wonder if it would be better (certainly simpler) to simply
> recommend one method of spam filtering. Bogofilter is in main, while
> spamassassin is in universe, so I guess we should be recommending the
> former.

That certainly makes it simpler and to be honest I've read mixed reports
on SpamAssassin. So I'll review for Bogofilter.

> 2. When instructing the user to install a program, we don't recommend a
> specific program. Instead, we just say "install X" and include a link to
> the information about how to install programs. So, for example:
> 
> "Install the <application>xchat-gnome</application> package (see <ulink
> type="help" url="ghelp:add-applications">Add Applications</ulink>)."

Understood - replaced.

> 3. For instructing the user to open programs, we use a special tag
> called <menuchoice> tag. To simplify, you can use an entity which we
> have defined to make things easier:
> 
> "Open &evolution-mail;"
> 
> Have a look inside ubuntu/libs/gnome-menus-C.ent for how this works.

> 4. For menus inside programs, use <menuchoice> as well, rather than
> menu/submenu/menuitem.

Replaced.

> 5. Training for spam - I don't think you need to do this manually from a
> terminal, Evolution should do it automatically, right?

For Bogofilter yes, but I've seen a lot of threads about it not working
with SpamAssassin. As I'm going Bogofilter only I'll change this.

> Great work again!
> 
> Matt

Cheers for the help!

Dougie