[Qmail-scanner-general]Arbitrary script execution?

2003-09-24 Thread Benjamin Smith
Is there a way to execute a script within qmail? I'm familiar with the sendmail/smrsh method, and the .qmail file, but these *replace* delivery. I want to execute a script *within* qmail upon successful delivery of the email without otherwise impacting the email delivery. Can this be done? H

[Qmail-scanner-general]Idea for dynamic spam relay blocking

2003-08-31 Thread Benjamin Smith
Email from spammers typically causes a large number of bounces. Why not do something like the following: 1) Register an email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] which forwards to a script, eg: "| /usr/local/bin/countbounces" 2) countbounces counts the number of bouncing messages from each source, by I

[Qmail-scanner-general]Performance Optimization?

2003-03-28 Thread Benjamin Smith
Hi there! Using qmail-scanner on a *very* busy mail server, with Spam Assassin and F-prot, on Red Hat Linux 7.2, 1 Ghz P3 w/512 RAM. Load average, with qmail-scanner jumps from 0.3-ish to 10+ when Qmail-scanner is turned on. Below is a screen copy/paste of a typical "top". As you can see, p