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Re: [SLE] Horrific spam/virus - fetchmail?
  • From: gary <gv-dated-1064364740.nnnjhcnd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 19:55:03 -0500
  • Message-id: <20030924005503.3791.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 02:49:12AM +0200 or thereabouts, H du Plooy wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 01:58, gary wrote:

> > Here is a perl script to remove these from your pop account before you
> > download them..
> >
> > http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node_id=292982

> Thank you Gary, this looks like what I've been looking for. I first
> checked fetchmail's options, and there's one that would let it not
> download messages over a certain size, but that would let me loose some
> legitimate mail.

It looks really nice, although I have not tried it out, as these are
blocked from my servers before they get in.

> This looks like the right thing! I'll write back tomorrow this time
> after trying it.

Please do, I am curious as to its performance... Glad I was able to help
out.

Best regards,
--
Gary

Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the
job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security.

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