On Sunday 23 January 2005 12:00 pm, Lan Barnes wrote: > On Sun, Jan 23, 2005 at 09:54:17AM -0800, boblq wrote: > - Hi guys, > - > - I am setting up a computer for my mom. In view of how > - bad spam is an herlimited needs would like to restrict > - her email to a whitelist only. I need to be able access > - the list remotely so I can update it. > - > - The core system will be Mandrake and using Kmail for > - the MUA simply because that is the system I am most familiar > - with. > - > - So how would you suggest that I accomplish this? > - > - boblq > > Will she have a separate router/firewall?
I suppose she could but that was not the plan. [snip] > On whitelisting, I personally wouldn't do it. Too restrictive. She > wouldn't be able to give her email address to people she meets w/o > getting theirs and calling you to set them up. She wouldn't be able to > join mailing lists. And, Bob, she may want some privacy. Why should her > son know everyone she's corresponding with? I suspect I can set up the whitelist do she can add to it. I can assure you that she won't like the sort of spam that you and I laugh at. I have known her for 63 years and have a pretty good idea of how she thinks. So back to the original question. What is a simple way to implement a whitelist? I suspect I can wrap a simple (TCL/TK) gui around it if need be to make it more user friendly. boblq -- KPLUG-List mailing list [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
