On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Alon Altman wrote: > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, guy keren wrote: > > > i tried checking for the possibility to have spam filtering with the > > following configuration: > > > > remote mail server, accessed using 'pine', via an imap server. > > > > - thus, i cannot install a spam-filter on the remote server. > > - the local procmail is never activated, and thus seems to be un-useable > > here. > > - i can't use fetchmail - this is imap, not pop3. > > - couldn't find a way, in pine's configuration, on how to set up a filter > > that passes the message via an external program. > > - searching for a solution using google, as well as reading spamassassin's > > documentation, just shows solutions that assume you can set spamassassin > > to run via procmail. this does not seem to work for my setup. > > > > is there any solution, _WITHOUT_ replacing the mail client, and without > > reverting to pop3? > > IIRC, fetchmail supports IMAP, so use fetchmail+procmail and then either > use the downloaded mail locally, or use IMAP to upload the mail back to the > server.
this setup defeats the purpose of using imap in the first place - to be able to see all messages _without_ downloading the messages themselves. i'm beginning to think i'm asking for the imposible - to filter the letter, i need to first download it. however, i should be able to filter out by the message headers that _are_ downloaded by imap, thus eliminating a large part of the spam, and only then downloading the rest of it for further inspection... oh, well. no spam solution for me... -- guy "For world domination - press 1, or dial 0, and please hold, for the creator." -- nob o. dy ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]