I've long been a proponent of "the right tool for the right job." In that vein, I recommend running your filtering using a pre-processor.
Extended Content Filtering could easily be added in to Mailman - it is Open Source. You could easily call an external content filter by sticking in a new handler at the beginning of the stream. Then it would integrate automatically with all your lists. Ahh the beauty of Open Source! On Sat, 2003-03-15 at 12:44, Jeremy Butler wrote: > I'm trying to figure out the BEST way to do content filtering with > Mailman: (1) through Mailman's own content filtering or (2) through a > dedicated filter (e.g., Procmail Email Sanitizer) that processes mail > BEFORE Mailman sees it. > > In Mailman's favor is the convenience of having the filter built-in and, I > presume, a more efficient use of resources. > > But in favor of Sanitizer (or another filter) is greater flexibility in the > processing of attached files. One can quarantine/defang/scan for viruses > in misbehaving file attachments. > > I've read in the Mailman FAQ about how to filter incoming mail before it > hits Mailman (using Procmail), but my question is a more philosophical one: > > SHOULD one pre-filter email before it gets to Mailman? > > And if one should instead rely on Mailman for filtering, could someone > provide samples of what they've used for > > filter_mime_types > pass_mime_types > > Thanks! > > P.S. I'm using Mailman 2.2.1 with Postfix on a RedHat 8 system. > > > Jeremy Butler > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ======================================================== > TELEVISION: CRITICAL METHODS AND APPLICATIONS > www.TVCrit.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jonc%40nc.rr.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
