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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Re: Architectural problems shown by the anti spam wizard
From:       Don Sanders <sanders () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-02-03 1:23:02
Message-ID: 200402031123.02183.sanders () kde ! org
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On Tuesday 03 February 2004 08:34, Wolfgang Rohdewald wrote:
> On Saturday 31 January 2004 09:53, Don Sanders wrote:
> > Ideally I would hope that using spam filtering would just be a
> > case of clicking a checkbox to turn on spam filtering, and
> > accepting the suggested spam tool.
>
> Please consider the case where many mails can be filtered right
> away because the user knows they cannot be spam. As long as
> downloading mail is not asynchronous it is a PITA to wait for pyzor
> etc for every mail, so I only apply the spam filter for part of all
> mail. I have at least 20 filters before spamassassin because those
> mails would never be spam.
>
> Maybe your check box could add a filter in front of all others and
> then the user can move it to the right place. As long as this spam
> filter exists anywhere in the chain, the checkbox stays on.

Yes, this is a valid case that Ingo also raised. I tried to express my 
views in my reply to Ingo's mail.

I don't think I have too much more to contribute to this discussion. I 
might concentrate my efforts on working on some other improvements 
for now.

Don.
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