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DSPAM

Paul Westbrook | 06 May, 2004 09:04

DSPAM looks like it is a promising way to stop spam. The website states that it uses Statistical Hybrid Filter, which they claim to be a better technology than the current spam blocking mechanisms. I have not installed it myself, so I can't really speak about how it actually works.

The main reason that I haven't installed it yet is because it looks like mail is filtered at deliver time. I actually want to have mail scanned at the time that it is received.

Here is the url: http://www.nuclearelephant.com/projects/dspam/index.html

update:

I guess I should clarify my post above. Since I run my spam and virus checker, throught amavisd all mail is scanned before delivery. In fact mail that is being relayed to a different server is being scanned. From what I read, it looks like DSPAM runs as the user for whom the mail is being delivered to using there settings. I need to be able to run this as a single user for all of my mail.

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Uhmm... What do you mean? [Reply]

"The main reason that I haven't installed it yet is because it looks like mail is filtered at deliver time. I actually want to have mail scanned at the time that it is received"

You have to recieve the mail before it can be scanned. Just draw up your server/mail processes, then insert dspam where you think it will appear and we'll see if it's right or wrong. Dspam is inserted in the 'mail-loop' at the same place -every- other spam/virus/whatever filer/process would be inserted; just before the mail is sent off to the LDA (local delivery agent)

Erlend | 23/05/2004, 20:12

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