Arnt Karlsen([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:11:48 -0500, > John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Wayne writes: > > > With fetchmail and mailfilter, it is. > > > > It is possible with fetchmail alone, though at a small risk of loss of > > mail. > > ..case in point: > fetchmail: 5.9.11 querying pop.net (protocol POP3) at \ <-- Snip what mailfilter does -->
>From the mailfilter log mailfilter: Deleted "Microsoft Corporation Program Security Department" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: latest internet critical update, Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:12:52 -0400. [Size limit MAXSIZE_DENY exceeded, 160654/140000] mailfilter: Deleted "Microsoft Corporation Program Security Department" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: latest internet critical update, Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:12:52 -0400. [Size limit MAXSIZE_DENY exceeded, 160654/140000] mailfilter: Deleted "MS Network Security Division" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Last Internet Security Update, Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:15:59 -0400. [Size limitMAXSIZE_DENY exceeded, 160483/140000] mailfilter: Deleted "Edgardo Rowland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: FREE RX Prescriptions - Valium-Prozac-Xanax-Soma ..., Tue, 23 Sep 03 17:17:11 GMT. [Applied filter: '^Subject:.*free'] mailfilter: Deleted "Francisco Wade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Catch a cheating lover using SPY Software.. z 7z6vc83zkhffp, Tue, 23 Sep 2003 20:42:08 +0000. [Applied filter: '^FROM:[EMAIL PROTECTED]'] mailfilter: Deleted "Loren Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Increase your penis size Now brash, Wed, 24 Sep 03 09:19:18 GMT. [Applied filter: '^Subject:.*penis'] +OK Message follows etc, etc,etc On that run I had 62 messages on the server. After mailfilter did its thing, fetchmail downloaded 40 messages. Of those 40 2 were spam cought by SA and they were added to the mailfilter rules, so I won't see them again. I guess you could use fetchmail to weed them out but I found that spending time on the DENY rules in mailfilter was better spent. Rather then reinvent the wheel, I installed mailfilter. Wayne -- A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. _______________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]