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Spam fighting in Ximian Evolution using SpamAssassin

Note: These steps only helps you deliver spam in another folder and not delete them at server. For managing mails at server stage (like MailWasher for Windows), use KShowMail or eRemove. For these steps to work, SpamAssassin must be installed. If selected during installation, it gets installed in /usr/bin.

Step 1
	Right Click on Inbox Click on New Folder...
Step 2
	Give Spam as the name of the new folder Select Mail as the folder type Select Inbox for creating the new folder as sub-folder of Inbox Click on OK
Step 3
	On the main screen of Evolution, click on Tools Click on Filters...
Step 4
	Select incoming Click on Add
Step 5
	Give the rule name as Spam In the If frame, in the first drop down list, select Pipe Message to Shell Command In the text box type spamassassin -e > /dev/null In the next drop down list, select returns greater than In the text box type 0 (zero) In the Then frame, in the first drop down list, select Move to Folder In the second drop down list, select the newly created Spam folder Click on Add Select Stop Processing Click on OK
Step 6
	Select the newly created rule Click on Up as many times as necessary and put this rule as the first rule Click on OK