Ubuntu – Day 2

I’m still smarting from not having my great spam filter on my PC, but I’m giving the spam filter in Evolution a chance to work. It turns out that in order to get the spam filter working properly in Ubuntu’s Evolution, you have to do the following:

1. Close Evolution 
2. Click System from your task panel
3. Click Administration
4. Click Synaptic Package manager
5. Find SpamAssasin in the list
6. RIGHT click it and then click “mark for installation”
7. Click the Apply button
8. When the install finishes, restart your computer
9. Start Evolution
10. Click Edit –> Preferences
11. Click Mail Preferences
12. Click Junk tab
13. Click “Check incoming mail for junk”
14. Click Close
15. Click Edit –> Plugins
16. Find and uncheck the “Bogofilter junk plugin”
17. Click OK
18. Close Evolution and then restart it

Now when new email comes in, the junk mail will get filtered to the Junk folder. Junk that doesn’t get identified, click on and then click the Junk button from the toolbar so that it can “learn” what junk is.

I will report on how it is going.

On the Windows’ side of life, I’m going to make a quick PSA:

If you are purchasing a new printer, make sure you buy a USB cable with it if you don’t already have one. Printers never come with a USB cable and only the best sales clerks will ask you if you need one then help you pick it out.