Bug #128370 - Spam filtering in Evolution

[Matthew East]

Hi Dougie,

* Dougie Richardson:
> Evening all,
> 
> Have gone through the (painful) process of enabling Spam filtering in
> Evolution and have added the topic to the Internet Section (Bug
> #128370).
> 
> Have included the diff file but would appreciate any input.

Wow, you're working faster than I can review :)

Some quick comments (again, mostly style, I haven't checked the content):

1. I wonder if it would be better (certainly simpler) to simply
recommend one method of spam filtering. Bogofilter is in main, while
spamassassin is in universe, so I guess we should be recommending the
former.

2. When instructing the user to install a program, we don't recommend a
specific program. Instead, we just say "install X" and include a link to
the information about how to install programs. So, for example:

"Install the <application>xchat-gnome</application> package (see <ulink
type="help" url="ghelp:add-applications">Add Applications</ulink>)."

3. For instructing the user to open programs, we use a special tag
called <menuchoice> tag. To simplify, you can use an entity which we
have defined to make things easier:

"Open &evolution-mail;"

Have a look inside ubuntu/libs/gnome-menus-C.ent for how this works.

4. For menus inside programs, use <menuchoice> as well, rather than
menu/submenu/menuitem.

5. Training for spam - I don't think you need to do this manually from a
terminal, Evolution should do it automatically, right?

Great work again!

Matt
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