Re: anyone want to pkg email 'filter'?
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 09:58:16AM -0700, Philip Brown wrote:
> Howdy,
>
> Would anyone like to volunteer to throw "filter" in a package?
>
> It's an email filter that used to be with elm. But it has split out, a year
> or two ago. Since you guys now bundle the newer version of elm, the new
> version of filter seems to be left out.
>
> Why include filter, as well as the existing procmail?
> Because it's easier to use. It uses english, as opposed to sendmail-speak.
>
> Filter can be gotten from
> http://www.bolthole.com/filter/
>
> It changes very rarely.
I have a vague recollection that filter is no longer built in the elm
package because of serious security concerns, although I am not
certain of this.
Have you looked at mailagent?
Julian
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