> >It's kind of like this one huh?
> >
> >*:M^on`ey back; ^gu*ar^a,ntee,:
>
> yep, Eric or somebody suggested one that I read and deleted via webmail
> while I was travelling last week, and he/whoever has reported his
results.
>
> I'm not a great fan of matching for specific strings but these kinds of
> filters can be effective.

The first one that was worked out was overkill, and had to be removed.

The second one is looking for a much smaller list of characters, and seems
to be OK.

I still want to develop it further, but have not had the time.

I have been learning how to use a network bootstrap to get a machine up
and running.  These little http://www.soekris.com/ are pretty neat.

In looking into them, I found some others that might be useful as micro
mail filters.  For example,  http://openbrick.org/

The "micro server" line of machines are not as cost effective as say using
an old PC, but sometimes that it not the goal.  This form factor is good
for those other times.

If you were walking into a small business, and their "server rack" was a
shelf in the supplies closet, you are very limited.  I have seen networks
where a foot or two wide on a shelf, where the next one up was 14" away,
is all you had to work in.  With that limit, saving space is a big deal.

And how many of us really sit in front of our IMGates with a monitor and
keyboard?  I usually use SSH to get in.  So those limits are not a big
deal.

Well, now that I have drifted completely off the subject of subjects, I
think I'll just click send.

--Eric


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