Valid points have been brought up on all sides. Just adding my $0.02: >From an administrative standpoint, it is *not* all right to lose potentially legitimate mail without notifying the sender, unless every user on your system has been made FULLY aware of the risk and agrees with the policy. That's almost impossible unless you're in a very small office. People just don't understand the issues. Believe it or not, e-mail is used for more important communication than sending recipes and copies of the BOFH files to your buddies.
>From a technical/efficiency standpoint, sieve should not have to check an external source of information before delivering a message. Inserting a header, and then letting the user use Sieve to either reject the messages, accept them, or file them into a Spam folder is the correct approach, IMHO. -Jules On Fri, 2002-04-26 at 12:36, Scott M Likens wrote: > --On Friday, April 26, 2002 9:56 AM +0200 Luca Olivetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Well, that's you. Maybe your users don't agree. Maybe they don't even > > *know* that they are losing *legitimate* email if you use some careless > > rbl blackole (like the maps llc service -- I know, I've been blackholed > > for a while just because I dared to use an ADSL line to send my emails). > > If the policy you enforce affects you and only you, that's fine with me. > > If you are imposing your policies to unsuspecting user, which will likely > > lose legitimate emails without ever knowing it, that's wrong. Let the MTA > > mark the messages and let the users decide. > > Well knowing i still get legitimate mail from .hotmail.com and other > legitimate users i dont see a problem. All my users are /QUITE/ Happy with > the changes. I notify them if there is any dropped mails and if they want > i even go as far as added that mail server into the Postfix 'access' DB and > allowing it to pass thru. Which makes them happy. > > I feel this way, If you want service with a Junk Mail box to determine if > it's spam or not, go sign up for hotmail. I dont need the server littered > with thousands of pieces of SPAM clogging both the network and the disk > drive. > > What happens if you get 500+ Spam a day and you dont check for 3days. Then > you have 500*3 sitting in your Inbox to check. Now i dont know about you > but i would rm my mailbox and start over. I have no desire to go over 2000 > messages or 1500, or 400, or 30 trying to figure out what is legit or what > is not. > > If it passes thru the filters it has a decent chance of being solicited > 'SPAM'. and that's just fine for me. If the users want it great. > > But dropping 2,000+messages a day due to my filters for just 3 users i am > taking into account, is a great thing. Ask anyone. > > Your thinking to yourself if i do that i'll loose business. To me it's as > simple as if they dont want my service that is their choice. There is tons > of fish in the sea willing to pay money for a service that works well, that > works fast, and doesnt have a clogged email. > > If you want those Junk mail boxes, please see www.hotmail.com and signup > today! > > >
