On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 02:26:27AM -0500, greg wm wrote:
> our amavis/postfix/maildrop/dovecot server is good, but we are left a
> wee bit wanting. here is a (priority ordered) wishlist:
>
> 1. spam scanning may be on a distant machine (amavis/postfix can do this)
> 2. if spam scanning is at all delayed, recipients may see unscanned
> messages, perhaps in an imap folder (don't think amavis can do this)
> 3. progressively slow down response to a machine failing
> authentication into ssh, imap, or pop
> 4. progressively slow down response to a server that sends gobs of spam
> 5. spam may be separated into more than one folder based on spaminess
> thresholds separately adjustable by each user (maia/maildrop can
> do this)
> 6. if a message is reclassified as spam or nonspam by a user, other
> recipients of messages with identical bodyparts may see the
> reclassified result
> 7. if another recipient of similar content again reclassifies a
> message, the prior user may see that
> 8. if a user classifies a message before a scan result is obtained,
> it may be removed from the spamscan queue
> 9. where various messages contain an identical attachment or
> bodypart, the system is smart enough to refer to a prior scan or
> reclassification result
> 10. where various messages contain an identical attachment or
> bodypart, the system is smart enough to store only a single copy,
> eg by hardlinking
>
> are there worthy of mention answers to these wishes?
Yes, there are, actually is: include your amavis / spamassasin in the
mail delivery queue, not as an after-thought. Then your 10 problems
go away.
Cheers,
florin
--
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition.
http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
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