-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Jul 1, 2008, at 4:54 AM, Jeroen Massar wrote:
Chris Owen <owenc@hubris.net> wrote
I did not write this FYI.
It is because, if someone reports (by telephone, IRC or IRL) that he sent an email and I did not receive it, I regard as VERY IMPORTANT to be able to check the spam folder (with a search tool, not by hand) and go back to him saying "No, we really did not receive it".
The magic keyword: REJECT-ON-SMTP-DATA.
Aka during the "DATA" phase of the email, also directly scan it, then when the spam/virus tool thinks it is spam/virus, you just reject it.
This solves a couple of things in one go:
- No more 'spam' folder, as the stuff that is spam is already rejected. You might get a few mails through that are actually spam, but this is mostly marginal.
The lack of a spam folder is one of the problems with such a solution. Having a middle ground quarantine is actually quite nice. However, the biggest problem is these solutions are global in nature. We let individual customers considerable control over the process. They can each set their own block and quarantine levels, configure their own white and blacklists and even turn the spam controls completely off. For various reasons none of that would be possible with this solution and all the implementations you link to all run with a single global configuration. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Owen ~ Garden City (620) 275-1900 ~ Lottery (noun): President ~ Wichita (316) 858-3000 ~ A stupidity tax Hubris Communications Inc www.hubris.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Darwin) Comment: Public Key: http://home.hubris.net/owenc/pgpkey.txt Comment: Public Key ID: 0xB513D9DD iEYEARECAAYFAkhqPvIACgkQElUlCLUT2d2nTQCfVq/dXvpBSVZnbgMyblgwhSp2 hD8AoIBxoz9UupxznPpZ9cC4FJ6fMc1y =Ze+j -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----