Re: getmail configuration (How to run fetchmail as daemon at startup)
On Wed, 2007-03-28 at 02:08 +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> Owen Heisler <owenh000@gmail.com> wrote:
> > The point you've been trying to make all through this thread is I
> > think starting to become clear to me (everyone cheer now), because I
> > didn't realize think about mail being scanned for spam before a full
> > message is received. Is it true that in the case of getmail (POP3)
> > sending a (full) message to the recipient via sendmail, a spam
> > checker will not do anything? (If you know of any good
> > general/overall mail docs...)
>
> I don't think I understand what you mean. Here is how I see it:
>
> 1. You receive mail via SMTP. You get the chance to reject the mail
> before getting it on your system so you can save some bandwidth
>
> 2. You receive mail via POP3/IMAP. Unless you use some programs
> like mailfilter (suggested elsewhere in this thread) you already have
> the spam on your system so it doesn't matter where you do the filtering
> (getmail, MTA, MDA, MUA, ...). My choice would be in getmail or MDA
> (maildrop).
>
> However, in a *mixed* environment it makes sense to implement the
> filtering once (MTA for the added benefit on point 1.) and use the same
> for getmail.
And I suppose I would consider mine a mixed environment, because I want
to be able to receive mail via SMTP and getmail/POP3.
> What I don't think is optimal is to redirect *all* your mails through an
> MTA like exim/postfix/... just to do some filtering. Getmail can do
> this on its own just fine (well not the actual filtering, but then
> neither does exim/postfix), no need for the added complexity.
Yes, that makes sense.
Thanks for helping me understand this a bit better!
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