On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 02:26:27AM -0500, greg wm wrote:
> our amavis/postfix/maildrop/dovecot server is good, but we are left a 
> wee bit wanting.  here is a (priority ordered) wishlist:
> 
>    1. spam scanning may be on a distant machine (amavis/postfix can do this)
>    2. if spam scanning is at all delayed, recipients may see unscanned
>       messages, perhaps in an imap folder (don't think amavis can do this)
>    3. progressively slow down response to a machine failing
>       authentication into ssh, imap, or pop
>    4. progressively slow down response to a server that sends gobs of spam
>    5. spam may be separated into more than one folder based on spaminess
>       thresholds separately adjustable by each user (maia/maildrop can
>       do this)
>    6. if a message is reclassified as spam or nonspam by a user, other
>       recipients of messages with identical bodyparts may see the
>       reclassified result
>    7. if another recipient of similar content again reclassifies a
>       message, the prior user may see that
>    8. if a user classifies a message before a scan result is obtained,
>       it may be removed from the spamscan queue
>    9. where various messages contain an identical attachment or
>       bodypart, the system is smart enough to refer to a prior scan or
>       reclassification result
>   10. where various messages contain an identical attachment or
>       bodypart, the system is smart enough to store only a single copy,
>       eg by hardlinking
> 
> are there worthy of mention answers to these wishes?

Yes, there are, actually is:  include your amavis / spamassasin in the
mail delivery queue, not as an after-thought.  Then your 10 problems
go away.

Cheers,
florin

-- 
Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition.
      http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163
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