Re: Filtering spam at the POP3 server

[Arnt Karlsen <arnt@c2i.net>]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:49:21 +0100, 
Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20030925074921.GB10600@clivemenzies.co.uk>:

> On (25/09/03 03:49), Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:51:08 +0100, 
> > Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> wrote in message 
> > <[🔎] 20030924235108.GA10600@clivemenzies.co.uk>:
> > 
> > > Given the volume of this stuff that list subscribers are
> > > receiving, is a good solution?  ie.  Do those more experienced
> > > among you rate it?
> > 
> > .chances are most people will want an automatic tool like
> > 'preconnect mailfilter in ~/.fetchmailrc' for the bulk of the job,
> > and smm for the tweak jobs, checking their mailfilter rules, metered
> > dial-up's is usually metered by the _time_ spent online and not by
> > bandwidth usage. Ah! Yes I can see that, I'm on ADSL and didn't
> > consider that.
> 
> > 
> > .my _impression_ is ssm is really a reimplementation of 'mutt \
> > pop3://your.pop3.server.at.your.isp', with a nice gui added.
> So are you saying that mutt can allow you to review messages on a
> server like smm?

..that is my _impression_, yes.

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