FWIW, I tend to support Stephen's view with respect to usefulness and interface strategy.
Wacky On Apr 15, 2013, at 5:22 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org> wrote: > Patrick Ben Koetter writes: > >> Perhaps the integration could create an interface itself that makes >> it easy to add other filters in the future. I am thinking Postfix >> 'content filter', which uses SMTP/LMTP to send messages to an >> external filter and they send it back then using SMTP. >> >> The first Mailman content filter could be the one you >> proposed. Others could add their filter later. > > I don't see any Mailman-specific issues in content-based spam > filtering, though, and very little Mailman-specific coding. I also > worry about reinventing the wheel, with corners. Ie, why do we think > a GSoC student is going to be able to do something that's worth > putting up again the very effective filters with huge user bases like > SpamAssassin and SpamBayes that are already out there? Wouldn't a > half-baked summer project just sit there and bitrot? > > OTOH, a generic interface to the Mailman REST API, which could be used > by Sendmail milters or whatever else is out there and somewhat > standard (is it Postfix or Exim that can handle milters? I forget), > with example implementation of a milter that checks whether the poster > is subscribed by asking Mailman, would be useful as an extension to > any MTA used with Mailman. > > Or Terri's through-the-web interface to the Mailman Handler > pipeline(s), with an example Handler installable from PyPI which wraps > SpamAssassin or SpamBayes. > > _______________________________________________ > Mailman-Developers mailing list > Mailman-Developers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/rkw%40dataplex.net > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9