> > I'm all for your GUI because I know it will make your business more > > successful even though it will probably be of no use to me at this > > point. I certainly could have used it in the beginning and I would > > have probably bought Declude earlier than I did. I'll bet > that Dave > > might even be able to teach you a few things in that regard, and it > > would keep them out of playing with the executable for that much > > longer :)
I think that everyone who want to set up (and maintain!) a effective spamfilter should have a good knowledge about how SMTP, DNS and Co. works. At this point there should be no difference between a text or GUI based configuration, because it's important WHAT you configure and not HOW. So instead of offering a GUI where users don't know what to configure, create a manual, statistic background for individual tests and configuration parameters so that your customers know what they do - independent if in a text file (really anyone should be able to use notepad) or using a GUI and the newest infrared-bluetooth-solar-powered-force-feedback mouse. So please: -a complete reference of all existing tests independent if released or in beta-state. for us spamfighters counts only if usefull or not -this reference should have ONE place and ONE format. -tecnical or statistical background, usefull informations, alerts, user reports, special solutions can be attached as additional document to each individual test. So anyone trying out a test the first time or looking for how to set it up has ALL important information on ONE place and not to "search the archive" Since I know for every single test in my configuration file how often it has correct/wrong results I'm able to configure and optimize my configuration far far better then before. (BTW: MTLDB has both correct and wrong results below 1% of all processed messages on our server. The ratio between correct and wrong is 55:45) Having such a documentation it should be absolutely no problem for everyone to create his own cfg-file. Also I mean that Declude is very very flexible and any GUI - of not realized very very VERY good - will decrease this flexibility. As I know there is also a long ToDo list and I really hope that every thing on this list has more priority then any GUI programming. Markus --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
