> you deliver messages tagged as "undesirable" to a quarantine. This may be > - a junk folder > - spam headers added to message (then MUAs are configured to use these > to eithe put the message in a special folder or to just allow user to > order messages so that they can focus on untagged messages first). > - tagged subject. variant of the above, but I don't like it. > - quarantine server (another pop/imap server). dbmail may be handy here. > - webmail > - web quarantine (mailzu for instance) > - amavisd-new quarantine > ...
I want a legit sender to know their message was quarantined. Quarantine makes it so the recipients know something was up (and retrieve if desired). Sending a rejection code lets the senders know something was up without sending bounces to innocent bystanders. mouss wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> You can use HOLD (in postfix) or a quarantine mechanism. >>> >> What do you mean quarantine mechanism? If this can be done in sendmail, >> please tell me how. >> > > you deliver messages tagged as "undesirable" to a quarantine. This may be > - a junk folder > - spam headers added to message (then MUAs are configured to use these > to eithe put the message in a special folder or to just allow user to > order messages so that they can focus on untagged messages first). > - tagged subject. variant of the above, but I don't like it. > - quarantine server (another pop/imap server). dbmail may be handy here. > - webmail > - web quarantine (mailzu for instance) > - amavisd-new quarantine > ... > > The idea here is to let the final recipient decide what to do with his > email, because no automatic solution is gonna make everybody happy. >> >>> For legitimate ones only. but if the ratio of those is too small, why >>> would one optimize for rare cases. >>> >> Because all it takes is one serious false positive for people to lose >> confidence in the system. Losing mail, for me and my users, is not a >> real option. > > nor is it here. >> Regardless, what sort of comment is that? If I state that >> I wish to do something, and the thing that I wish to do isn't "way out >> there", what good is it to reply and question my motives? >> > > dunno, but I am for quarantine and check. no mail is discarded by the > email system here (but recipients are free to read or discard email). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > AMaViS-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user > AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 > AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
