can someone shed some light how fetchmail can be used to fight spamming thanks in advance
hi, On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 10:13:13AM -0500, Landy Roman wrote:
can someone shed some light how fetchmail can be used to fight spamming normally this is not done from fetchmail. you can use procmail instead. for examples look at http://linuxbrit.co.uk/procmail. i found this as a nice starting point.
ciao sascha -- Sascha Andres linux@programmers-world.com http://www.programmers-world.com
i understand it os normally done with procmail by why do it with procmail and not at the server level, and i read the man page for fetchmail and it does mention something to spam
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 16:46:23 +0100
Sascha Andres
hi, On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 10:13:13AM -0500, Landy Roman wrote:
can someone shed some light how fetchmail can be used to fight spamming normally this is not done from fetchmail. you can use procmail instead. for examples look at http://linuxbrit.co.uk/procmail. i found this as a nice starting point.
ciao sascha
-- Sascha Andres linux@programmers-world.com http://www.programmers-world.com
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* Landy Roman (landy@despiertapr.com) [011222 08:39]: ->i understand it os normally done with procmail by why do it with procmail and not at the server level, and i read the man page for fetchmail and it does mention something to spam Landy, Because fetchmail isn't at the server level..it's an enduser/local application. You would have to get your isp to filter spam like mail out before fetchmail ever sees it. The only way to do what your suggesting is via procmail which is the filter. Think of fetchmail as the garbage man who picks up the garbage..he doesn't go through it before it gets to the processing plant :) Cheers! and give procmail a whirl. It works quite well. -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
On Saturday 22 December 2001 18.39, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Because fetchmail isn't at the server level..it's an enduser/local application. You would have to get your isp to filter spam like mail out before fetchmail ever sees it. The only way to do what your suggesting is via procmail which is the filter. Think of fetchmail as the garbage man who picks up the garbage..he doesn't go through it before it gets to the processing plant :)
In Kmail in KDE3 beta there's an interesting new function called POPfilters, where you can filter on just about everything, just like normal filters. One of the things you can decide to do in your filter rule is to not download the mail. This sounds just like what Landy wants. I haven't actually tried it, so I don't know how, or even if, it works, but it sounds very useful for someone sitting on a slow modem connection. Merry Christmas Anders
* Anders Johansson (andjoh@cicada.linux-site.net) [011222 10:01]: -> ->In Kmail in KDE3 beta there's an interesting new function called POPfilters, ->where you can filter on just about everything, just like normal filters. -> ->One of the things you can decide to do in your filter rule is to not download ->the mail. This sounds just like what Landy wants. I haven't actually tried ->it, so I don't know how, or even if, it works, but it sounds very useful for ->someone sitting on a slow modem connection. -> But it actually won't work right until 3.0.1 ;) *laugh* Cheers! and Happy Holidays! -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
i put this at the beggining of my procmailrc file and lost all my mail what went wrong :-) :0 Whc: msgid.lock | formail -D 8192 msgid.cache :0 a: $MAILDIR/duplicates/. also i am having problem putting fetchmail -q in ip-down seem not to do the trick can someone point to a link on how to write recipes
* Landy Roman (landy@despiertapr.com) [011222 10:25]: ->i put this at the beggining of my procmailrc file and lost all my mail -> ->what went wrong :-) -> -> ->:0 Whc: msgid.lock ->| formail -D 8192 msgid.cache -> ->:0 a: ->$MAILDIR/duplicates/. Do you have something like this in your .bashrc/.zshrc (whatever shell you use)? -- export MAIL=$HOME/Mail/Incoming -- The above will make sure that unless otherwise told..all your mail will end up in the file/directory that you choose. I have all my mail by default dump into a file called Incoming..you could use inbox if you wished. Procmail will follow it's rules, but if there is no rule then it goes into ~/Mail/Incoming. I have the same procmail entries as you discribe above and I've never lost a piece of mail. I would check to see if your Mail dirctory is specified in your . file. :) -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org -----=====-----=====-----=====-----=====----- I'm out of my mind, but feel free to leave a message...
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Landy Roman wrote:
i put this at the beggining of my procmailrc file and lost all my mail
what went wrong :-)
:0 Whc: msgid.lock | formail -D 8192 msgid.cache
:0 a: $MAILDIR/duplicates/.
also i am having problem putting fetchmail -q in ip-down seem not to do the trick
can someone point to a link on how to write recipes
Look up Nancy McGough's Procmail Quick Start guide at www.ii.com/intenet/robots/procmail/qs One of the best beginner documents around. Then, once you feel you're ready to really muck up your incoming mail, head on over to http://pm-doc.sourceforge.net/pm-tips.html. *THE* definitive procmail resource on the 'Net. HTH, Monte _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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