From: MJ Ray
Keith Watson Keith.Watson@Kewill.com wrote:
Given they way I access my email can I uninstall things like procmail, sendmail, and various MTAs? or is this likely to break something else?
Probably. If you remove sendmail, you may find that some local processes are broken until you install another MTA. nullmailer and ssmtp are both small ones that just forward to a remote host.
Thought that might be the case. :(
I'm thinking of using 'mailfilter' (mainly because it can act as a POP3 client) to scan the mail headers on the ISP server and delete any spam before I download it.
Yes, I've used that in the past. I think it can use the DNS blacklists to delete spam. Remember, there is a relatively high chance of rejecting non-spam without ever knowing if you use DNS blacklisting. Also, you
There's nothing in the FAQ about using DNS blacklists, but I've posted to the mailfiter list to see if anyone has got it to use blacklists.
should whitelist mailing lists, as you will probably be removed if you send a "Hi! I just rejected your email!" message to a listserver.
Not problem with mailfilter as it only deletes not bounces emails.
However the Sylpheed-claws site mentions a SpamAssassin plugin, so I'm going to take a look at that as well.
Thanks for the feedback,
Keith