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Date:      Thu, 19 Dec 2002 11:42:06 -0000
From:      "Barry Byrne" <barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
To:        "Mxsmanic" <mxsmanic@hotmail.com>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: Getting Perl scripts to work as mail filters
Message-ID:  <NCBBIAMNAKDKFJIIGNPKAEIJKHAA.barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com>
In-Reply-To: <OE23jCjWEF0HG0anlzm0000055a@hotmail.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Mxsmanic

> I finally got it to work by piping to sendmail.  Seems to be adequate for
> what I want to do.
>
> Now all I have to do is design my patented, foolproof methodology for
> distinguishing spam from real mail so that I can encode the rules in the
> script.  There must be a way!  Also, this may allow me to do
> something about
> getting rid of HTML in mail, which I can't stand.

If this is your main goal - I recommend looking at mimedefang and
spamassassin.
mimedefang is a great tool for intercepting mail (uses sendmail milter) and
filtering in whatever way suits you.

	http://www.roaringpenguin.com/mimedefang/
	http://www.spamassassin.org

 - Barry


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