Spam Filtering

A few mail accounts have been causing trouble lately — most notably by being used to sign up for sites they had no business signing up for. In the end I saw no way around installing a spam filter.

To be clear: scanning mail is not something I wanted to do. Every message now passes through Amavis and SpamAssassin before it reaches your inbox, and that is a trade-off I would rather not have made. It simply beat the alternative.

Since this was a quick evening setup, I would not be surprised if something behaves oddly — legitimate mail landing in the spam folder, delivery taking longer than usual, or headers looking unfamiliar. If you notice anything unexpected, please let me know so I can adjust the rules.