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Here's how I did it company wide:

1. install spamassassin. I used an RPM for ease, and went with 3.1.x for it's sophisticated new filters and sa-update ability.
2. install perl module dependancy for sa-update:
   

     # perl -MCPAN -e "install Archive::Tar;"



3. install procmail


4. run sa-update:
   

   # sa-update



5. start up spamassassin:
   

   # /etc/init.d/spamd start



6. create global procmail rule like this:
   

   
   LOGFILE=/var/log/procmail.log
   
   # send mail thru spamassassin
   :0 fw
   * < 256000
   | /usr/bin/spamc -f -u $LOGNAME
   
   DROPPRIVS=YES
   
   # All mail tagged as spam (eg. with a score higher than the set threshold)
   # is moved to "spam".
   :0:
   * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
   $HOME/mail/spam
   

   
   


7. Don't forget to bootstrap SpamAssassin:
   

   # chkconfig --add spamassassin
   # chkconfig spamassassin on

Now all your users' mail that scores a 5.0 or greater (default settings) will go into a folder named 'spam'. Now isn't that nice.

Airline tickets have been insane this year. Southwest keeps sending me e-mail campaigns about how cheap tickets are right now. But who wants to fly for 20 days? Or for 2 days? Or 2 weeks before or after Christmas? Glad I bought my tickets back in October. I did that last year and my price was $350. This year, my price was just shy of $600. What difference a year can make.

We need alternate travel in this country, and the flexibility to use it. I'd go for a 2-3 day trip on a train if I could...but the train routes aren't as direct and have lots of stops. It'd take me at least a week to get home via train. I distinctly remember my 3rd grade science teacher promising me a flying car by now.