On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:46:25 +0200 (CEST) Robert Vazan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
RV> I replaced Exim with MasqMail, because I couldn't prevent it from RV> dropping/bouncing mail whenever there is something misconfigured at either RV> end. However, I now pass mail directly from fetchmail to procmail, so I RV> can return back to Exim to handle outgoing mail. I have never used MasqMail but Exim is in no way a requirement, you could perfectly well use any other MTA (e.g. postfix, qmail or even sendmail). RV> > What exactly would an autoresponder do? Do you mean a vacation-like RV> > functionality? If so, I don't think it really belongs in a MUA. Or do you RV> > mean a filter action which would create and send a message instead? RV> RV> I am talking about that challenge/response spam filter I mentioned when I RV> first came here. I've just seen it in action after writing to you directly :-( Annoying. RV> I dropped all hopes that procmail and shell could be ever used reliably RV> for this task. The procmail version is burning and I must rewrite it in RV> Mahogany ASAP. The question about MUA/MTA/MDA/proxy was here before. I RV> need something client-side, because mail server is centralized (at RV> least mine is centralized) and I have no control over it. Proxy is RV> usable, but I think that simpler spam filters should be integrated into RV> MUA for extra reliability. Right, but this is not a simple filter, it's a rather complicated system (especially when you have to handle all the errors which can occur along the way somehow). What exactly is needed for this challenge/response? If we write a rule to run an external program (or just revive Python support to make it again possible to write filter tests in Python), it could be used to check whether the senders address is already in your whitelist. If it's not, we could also have a filter action which would send a challenge message (and, presumably, move the message to some "Queue" temporary folder). But this is where things get tricky: what you really need to do to make this convenient is to: a) recognize the incoming response to your challenge (how??) b) delete it and move the message (which one??) from "Queue" back to Inbox I don't see how are you going to do it and I really think that the only way to do it reliably is at MTA level, it is too late to do it in the MUA... Regards, VZ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Mahogany-Developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mahogany-developers
