[Rspamd-Users] Running the Docker version with Podman on my workstation - how to test before installing on my mail server?

[Gerald Galster]

> I have been varieties of using Qmail for decades and I used Spamdyke for a long time and then just MailDrop for simple spam filtering - which works pretty well for just me.  However, I am interested in RSpamd mostly as a practical and useful exercise to learn about Bayesian statisitics and for servers with more users.
> 
> So, I have got the RSpamd docker image running with Podman and have the web console working on my workstation - is there some way of testing this out in isolation eg with std input and output before I try and install it on my server with the MTA?

Most MUAs support exporting mails as plain text (.eml file).
You can scan those via rspamc or curl on the cmdline.
Search for rspamc here: https://rspamd.com/doc/faq.html

Beware that Bayes needs a certain amount of samples (training)
before it will add to the spam score. See min_learns here:
https://docs.rspamd.com/configuration/statistic/#statistics-configuration

When running with the MTA you can temporarily set the reject
action score to a higher value to avoid blocking:
https://github.com/rspamd/rspamd/blob/master/conf/actions.conf

Best regards,
Gerald