Hi, On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:28:43 -0400 Richard -Gilligan- Uschold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a solution to using SpamAssassin with Netscape on Linux. > > The mail reader in Netscape Communicator does not directly allow > inserting a program to filter the email, as some other email readers > do. I am using the following workaround. > > The basic concept is a two step process: > --------------------------------------- > > 1) fetchmail reads the mail from the remote server, and passes it to the > local inbox on your machine. SpamAssassin is installed in such a way as > to intercept and filter the mail before it is written to the local > inbox, on your machine. > > remote server -> fetchmail -> procmail -> SpamAssassin -> /var/mail/ > > 2) Netscape reads the mail via pop3 from the local inbox on your machine. > > /var/mail/ -> Netscape Or run pop3proxy or SAProxy - no need for fetchmail. SAProxy works just fine on Win32 systems too, provided you turn off network checks (they cause reliability problems due to Win32's lack of POSIX signals, esp. SIGALRM, IIRC...) See http://saproxy.bloomba.com/ for info on SAProxy. TMTOWTDI, -- Bob ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
