I simply cannot keep up with the constant changes
in JunkMail. News tests, variables, and parameters are listed in the
Release Notes, but the trick is how to integrate those tests into an existing
configuration, where to insert them, how to configure the parameters for new
tests, etc.
For example, the Release Notes for 1.67 Beta
says
JM ADD Adds "comments" test
type to detect anti-filter HTML comments.
Sounds great. Where and how do I use that
test??
JM ADD Adds "AUTOWHITELIST ON"
option in global.cfg file which will use address books as whitelists . . .
"
Wonderful! A personal whitelist! Uhh,
but address books where? In the user's WebMail configuration, I
assume. Not all users use WebMail, some use only a client and don't have
a WebMail address book at all, and have never even logged in to WebMail.
Does it work in a gateway server situation, where there are no "local"
users on the gateway server, mail is scanned as outgoing and passed
on to another IMail server for delivery into the user mailboxes? I
assume it doesn't, but the Release Notes don't say.
Scott and company do a fantastic job,
but when *they* write the documention and Release Notes, *they* already
know how it works. I know new tests are defined in the updated
global.cfg and $default$.junkmail with each new release, but it would
be much easier to integrate new tests into an existing configuration if
basic test syntax and parameters were included in the Release
Notes.
Glenn Z.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 12:30
PM
Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail]
Reference documents needed
>In order to make the most use of Declude's power in
the shortest time
>possible, I would need a couple of documents
(hopefully they exist):
>
>1. A reference list (beyond the HTML
manual at
>www.declude.com/JunkMail/manual.html) that lists every
single variable
>available
>and what it represents (eventually
with a short example).
The manual should list all the variables
(except ones that have been added
since the latest beta). I'll see
if we can add examples to the manual.
>2. A complete list of all
the tests available in Declude junk mail with a
>detailed description
of their use?
That's impossible, unfortunately, as Declude JunkMail
can use spam tests
that haven't even been created yet. For
DNS-based tests,
http://www.declude.com/junkmail/support/ip4r.htm
has the list of them all
(however, most people will use just the ones
that are already defined in
Declude JunkMail).
When Declude
JunkMail was first started, there were really just 2 tests
(RBL and
ORBS), so there wasn't any need to worry about documenting test
types. You could just look in the global.cfg file to see what
tests were
available.
However, as things have progressed, I think
we'll need to add a table with
a list of all the test
types.
-Scott
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