From: Scott Porter <scott(_at_)javascript-games(_dot_)org>
Hi,
Basically, I'd like fetchmail to be able to scan the text coming through
from the POP as it's downloading each mail, and if a pattern is matched
anywhere (eg: "I send you this file*") then the connection to the POP is
terminated, the index of the message stored, then a reconnect, and upon
reconnection, a dele of the matched message. This is assuming a download
cannot be stopped, and the connection to the server maintained (been a LONG
time since I read any RFCs on this subject!)
Aaaargh, no, no, no! Or something like that :>
If you want a virus scanner, then use a virus scanner (I'd strongly
recommend amavis - www.amavis.org). If you keep programs simple there is
less to go wrong, besides blocking on subject can provide a silly number of
false positives, one example:
The company I work for filters web access. Amongst other things, URLs are
checked for "questionable" words. Suddenly I can't access
http://babelfish.altavista.com/ 'cos it contains the word "babe"...
Or what about that email from your partner just to say "I love you"...
Let's keep fetchmail doing what it's good at - downloading email. Leave
filtering to the other 2 dozen solutions out there.
Please don't CC me on anything sent to mailing lists or send
me email directly unless it's a privacy issue, thanks.
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Rob | Ask questions the smart way:
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