Diverting possible spam to junk folder using subject header

[izzyonstage]

Hi all,

I am trying to configure my sendmail to route any emails with the subject begining with {SPAM} to the junk folder of a user.

Is this possible?

I am using SpamAssassin to mark the mail. And MailScanner to get the incoming mail a route it to be scanned for spam and AV. however I am having problems trying to find a way to then get any marked mails to be sent to the junk-mail folder.

I want to do it this way just in case of FP's.

On average I recieve 100-200 Spam's a day. but 2-3 of these may be email's that i am actualy expecting and not realy spam.

Please can someone point me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance.

 

[RhythmAce]

If you are using spamassassin then you just have to tell procmail what to do with mail marked spam. Here is an example:

DROPPRIVS=yes
:0fw
| /usr/bin/spamc
:0
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
! junkmail@mydomain.com

Here mail is sent to spamc (spamassassin) and if the spam status is yes, then it is sent to a special mail account created just for spam.

 

[RhythmAce]

I just reread your post and noticed that you wanted the spam to go to the user's junk folder specifically. In that case just replace:

! junkmail@mydomain.com

with

$HOME/junk

You probably figured that out already but I just wanted to make sure. This only applies to users with a home directory. If they are mail only users with no login then obviously this method won't work.