On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 18:15 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 11:06 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > > Paul Stolp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I would think that this would then use exim's spam and > > > > virus checking (I actually don't have that going > > > > through exim.) > > > > > > > > Perhaps I'm missing the point ... can spam and viruses > > > > be rejected at SMTP time with fetchmail? > > > > > > SMTP? fetchmail is using POP3 to retrieve mails and rejection > > > by exim before receiving them is pretty pointless. > > > > How is it pointless if you want your incoming mail (via getmail) > > scanned for viruses/spam along with any other mail received (via > > SMTP) by the system? > > Sorry, it does make sense in an environment where you receive mail via > SMTP. But for the ones received via POP3 it's too late because they are > already on your system and you don't get to reject them before > receiving. This is what I meant.
The point you've been trying to make all through this thread is I think starting to become clear to me (everyone cheer now), because I didn't realize think about mail being scanned for spam before a full message is received. Is it true that in the case of getmail (POP3) sending a (full) message to the recipient via sendmail, a spam checker will not do anything? (If you know of any good general/overall mail docs...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]