>SpamFire goes around your regular email program & checks your Pop >mailbox itself. It deletes the spam, and puts the good email back so your >regular email program can pick them up.
I didn't really take a good look at SpamFire the other day when I downloaded it... but am I to understand you correctly that SpamFire DOWNLOADS the mail, then filters it, then RESENDS it back to the SMTP server to wait for you to collect it?!? First, what happens if you don't collect your mail, does SpamFire continue that download/upload process on the same messages? 2nd: What does it do about the SMTP Envelope headers that will now be altered because it downloaded the messages and re uploaded them (ie: the envelope will claim the message traces back to SpamFire rather than the original source). Does it leave the proper chain of headers in place so you can see where it was before SpamFire messed with it? If so, I guess they just hope the ISP doesn't strip extra envelope headers (some do, leaving you only with the last set of headers). Wouldn't it make WAY more sense to never download the message at all? Read the message on the server, apply the filters, and if a message should be filtered, delete it from the server. If a message shouldn't be filtered, leave it alone to continue to wait on the server until you collect your mail. Yes, that still downloads the message (can't read what isn't downloaded), but it avoids the whole upload bandwidth/munge the envelope issue. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
