Bug#953018: ITP: spamassassin-milter -- milter for spam filtering with SpamAssassin
On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:00:45AM +0100, David Bürgin wrote:
> Debian already has package spamass-milter, which serves the same
> function. This new alternative is not exactly the same: It does a few
> things better (eg automatic macro negotiation, skipping large bodies),
> some things differently (eg header handling logic, no forking), and some
> things are (currently) left out. spamass-milter hasn’t been active for
> many years, so this could also be a fresh start.
Do we need both packages in Debian? If, as you say, spamass-milter is
orphaned upstream, maybe we should work to replace it with this new
package? I'm not sure how our users benefit from having both, and the
choice will undoubtedly lead to confusion.
noah
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