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I too have an unmanageable amount of spam in my Gm...

2011-02-23T03:49:52.522+13:00

I too have an unmanageable amount of spam in my Gmail spam folder. Having to scan a thousand messages a day for possibly 1 or 2 that isn't spam is quite annoying.

I came upon this script to allow me to use spamassassin and still read my mail using the gmail interface.

https://github.com/ook/isbg

I run it on my [Gmail]/Spam folder instead of the Inbox

This tip is very usefull, specificaly when you wan...

2010-11-01T14:12:30.041+13:00

This tip is very usefull, specificaly when you want to manage your own spam filter.

@RickyF : yes it's possible to delagate to google. That wasn't the point.

Google filter is very useful, i configure it to pr...

2008-11-08T02:20:00.000+13:00

Google filter is very useful, i configure it to prevent directing any email to spam

RickyF: you're missing the point completely. The g...

2008-05-07T06:14:00.000+12:00

RickyF: you're missing the point completely. The goal is to manage Gmail's spam, not delete it - reason probably being that Gmail sometimes incorrectly marks email as spam.

Do you really think that it's necessary to lock /d...

2008-05-04T16:59:00.000+12:00

Do you really think that it's necessary to lock /dev/null? ;)

The easier way to do this is to create a Gmail Fil...

2008-04-30T22:27:00.000+12:00

The easier way to do this is to create a Gmail Filter.

1. Set up a new filter.

2. Add to the "Has the Words" field "is:spam"

3. Click the "Next Step" button, disregard any warning messages.

4. Check the boxes "Skip the inbox" and "Delete it".

5. Save the filter.

Now any items that would hit the Spam folder go directly to Trash and are automatically deleted in 30 days.

QED