> -----Original Message----- > Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 12:36 AM > To: policyd-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [policyd-users] Alternate spam handling > > ... > > I have a client that would like to have all spam dumped into a > folder rather than reject any mail at all. I've recommended against > this for several reasons, as I think they will have too much junk to > sort through and will lose mail. But, that is what they think they > want. > > A problem these days is spamassassin overload; I simply cannot > afford to send all incoming mail through spamassassin to determine > if it is spam. There is too much of it, and it is getting worse; no > surprises in that to anyone here I'm sure. > > I have in mind to add a per destination domain feature to policyd to > allow mail from sources that would normally be rejected to be > accepted and tagged with a unique X- header. The mail would then > pass to spampd, which scans the headers before giving the mail to > spamassassin. If the particular X- header is seen, the mail would > be delivered as spam without going through spamassassin. > > As I see it this would keep the spamassassin load down and give them > all the suspected mail. Any thoughts on this system, in particular > any downsides I've missed? Is there anything available that already > does this sort of thing? Thanks... >
Amavisd has a "spam lovers" and "virus lovers" feature. I don't know if it supports redirecting to a different folder, but (as I understand it) it should allow this "wise" user's spam flood to bypass SA, at least. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ policyd-users mailing list policyd-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/policyd-users
