Forgot to copy the list.... See below.
Alex Tomlins wrote:
Mark Rogers wrote:
Alex Tomlins wrote:
By database I was thinking whatever database backend dspam was using
(hash, mysql, postgres etc.), not specifically a RDBMS. While
implementing this it would make sense to put the user logs in there
as well. The advantage to doing this is that all the data for dspam
would be in one place as opposed to the current setup where some of
it is in a database, and some of it is on the filesystem.
OK, I see your point. However, I'm not sure suited how well a hash
database would be for storing quarantine emails - or, for that
matter, even a RDBMS. Logging to a RDBMS would be helpful given how
much processing we do of dspam log files, but in most cases that can
be improved simply through better ways of handling the text files.
I'm strongly of the opinion that mbox is horrible, but which
alternative is best I'm open to suggestion on.
I agree with that sentiment.. Personally I'd just replace it with a
Maildir. This should require minimal changes to dspam (and could even
be added as a config option). It also has the bonus that you can
clear out old messages just using the mtime (which can be done with a
single find command). It might also be possible to use symlinks so
that the maildir is actually a subfolder of a users mailbox, and can
then be accessed via IMAP (I know Courier-imap is fine with adding
messages to other folders as well as the inbox).
If there is a better option for the log files, then it should be fine
to leave them where they are.
Actually, using maildir would enable much more fine grained expunging
methods, where you could for example expunge all spam over 90%
confidence after 7 days, over 75% in 14 days, 60% in 30 days etc...
I like that idea. I might even have a look at the code for that. Now
that DJB has put qmail in the public domain it should be simple enough
to pull the Maildir delivery code out of there.
Alex
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