> I'm  not sure what "not integrated into the IMail stream" might mean

It  means  that  SpamAssassin  (.PL)  is  utterly  blind  to the IMail
SMTP32/QUEUEMGR   delivery   mechanism,   unlike   Declude,  which  is
purpose-built to integrate with IMail. SPAMD is similarly blind to the
same  requirements,  while SPAMC32 is purpose-built to integrate SPAMD
with  Declude,  and thus in turn with IMail. With Declude, you get, of
course,  its weighting system, per-user filtering--and everything else
in the Declude manual--and SPAMC32 allows you to flexibly manage SPAMD
weights  within  Declude,  including  skip-if weights, file sizes, and
multiple SPAMD weight ranges.

> Obviously,   the  spamc/spamd  pair  and  multi  threading  will  be
> necessary.  Spamassassin scans can run multiple tens of seconds when
> the 'net is "acting out"<g>. I see no reason why I can't run several
> threads.  Why  the  hell  else lock the Q files (keeps them out of Q
> manager's hair)?

So  you're going to write a custom delivery application. This may seem
fun to you, but considering that it's already done to a T with Declude
and  SPAMC32,  I  think  it's  a  waste  of  time. (Yes, FTR, multiple
delivery application PIDs will run against multiple SPAMD threads.)

> I'd  love  to  hear  what  I've  overlooked. Remember, my goal is to
> distinguish between SPFNone, SPFUnknown and SPFSoftfail. As far as I
> know, nobody is returning that info, at least not to IMail.

In  order  to  have  _only_  this test result returned from SPAMD, you
would  have to set up a separate instance of SPAMD with a single rule.
If  you  also  wanted  to  use  the  rest  of  SpamAssassin's abundant
features,  you'd  need to set up another SPAMD instance. SPAMC32 could
readily poke both of these instances from within Declude.

--Sandy


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Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist
Broadleaf Systems, a division of
Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc.
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