Hi, On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Tyler Montbriand wrote:
> Not having ever run a UNIX mail server, I find the existing > documentation and configuration info for spamassasin quite mystifying. > I'd prefer not to go with the UNIX method of handling mail and > mailboxes, and I certainly don't want it screwing with my ISP's smtp > server. I'd like to just cut out all the mess - I want to just install > and use spamassasin as a direct text filter. Like, > > cat spam_message.txt | filtermail > filtered_message.txt If you retrieve mail via POP3 you can use pop3proxy (see http://mcd.perlmonk.org/pop3proxy/) There are apparently equivalent proxies for IMAP plus some commercial offerings like SAProxy Pro (which is essentially pop3proxy with sharp edges filed off for a certain class of Windows user.) pop3proxy will work under Cygwin under Win32, and possibly under Activestate perl (I've only tested the former) so you aren't completely tied to unix either. > Is this possible, or am I sol? It will take more effort to do what you want but it can be done. You're not _completetly_ SOL... -- Bob ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: ApacheCon 2003, 16-19 November in Las Vegas. Learn firsthand the latest developments in Apache, PHP, Perl, XML, Java, MySQL, WebDAV, and more! http://www.apachecon.com/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk