David A. Bandel wrote: > On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 11:29:07 -0500 > begin Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: > > >>I am in need of some enlightenment. What is the purpose of procmail and >>how does it relate to sendmail? >> > > your e-mail client (looks like you're using Mozilla mail): MUA (mail user > agent) -- it picks up mail via pop3 or imap (or reads from an mbox file) > and sends outgoing mail to your MTA. >
Yes. The mail client I'm using *right now* is Moz. I use KMail at home. I've got KMail configured to get mail from /var/spool/mail/<user>. I'll also get the mail via POP3, once, to grab the messages left in my ~/mbox file after Mozilla gets the messages (Moz is set to leave messages on the server). As I understand things now, if I start using procmail, procmail will grab the messages from /var/spool/mail/<user>, filter them based on /etc/procmailrc and .procmailrc and place them in ~/mbox (or wherever else the procmailrc file(s) direct). How does it do that? Do I need to run procmail as a daemon, or will it just do it provided that I configure my sendamil.cf file correctly? > sendmail: MTA (mail transport agent) -- it talks to other MTAs to deliver > mail on the Internet. > > procmail: MDA (mail delivery agent or local delivery agent) -- takes mail > from sendmail and puts it in users mbox (this could also be deliver or > other agents) > So as there are several different MTA's, there are also several different MDA's. Apparently, Caldera, by default, uses mail.local as an MDA (?). > You want to use procmail (see below) > OK. > >>What I want to do is filter out spam, especially for my youngest, who is >>fast approaching 10 years of age (man, I'm getting old...). So, for >>that, I assume that I need procmail. But, if I start using procmail, >>what happens to the mail that sendmail distributes to >>/var/spool/mail/<user>? Doesn't procmail process the mail and put it in >>/home/<user>/mbox? Or can I control where procmail puts stuff? If I use >>procmail to process the mail, can I still retrieve it via POP from the >>Internet? Is there a better way to process the mail to remove spam? >> > > Go to Freshmeat and search on razor. Look for Vipul's razor. Install it > and create an /etc/procmailrc as per the directions. This will do wonders > for killing 95%+ of your spam problem. > > Ciao, > > David A. Bandel > Thanks David. What's the advantage of Vipul's razor over Spam Assasin? Regards, Tim _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
