On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:44:40PM -0600, Kang , Joseph S. is rumored to have said: > > > > Here's the thing, though. SA is a *filter*. The MTA (or > > procmail, or whatever) hands the message to SA and expects to > > get something back. If SA had the cability to delete > > messages, it would break things all over the place and would > > be a Bad Thing(tm). > > I've been thinking about this quite a bit lately. I think using the term > "filter" to describe SA may be the of confusion for some people. A "filter" > should remove or reject some things while letting allowed others to pass > through. > > What SA really is is a tool/application for scanning and tagging messages > but NOT filtering, that's left to procmail, etc.
I think of a filter as being that (rejection tool, i.e. a web filter rejecting porn sites), and/or something that something else passes through and is changed along the way, like a water filter. A water filter may remove some impurities, but it can also add things (salts, etc). The main thing is that it's a conduit that makes some type of change. The only term that I can think of that they'd be likely to comprehend (and also fits [not as well, but...]) is "scanner". People are used to "virus scanners", but then their virus scanner deletes viruses, and our spam scanner doesn't delete spam... I say keep it as "filter." SA isn't meant to be a tool for the masses - it's an administrative tool. Administrators should understand the context of how "filter" is being used. If they don't, they shouldn't be running mail servers... St- -- "I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it." - John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) when asked what is his favorite song ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
