From: Birger Toedtmann (no email)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 01:40:25 EDT
Ken Murchison schrieb am Wed, May 01, 2002 at 09:36:24AM -0400:
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> "Marc G. Fournier" wrote:
> >
> > Is there any chance that the 'spam' extension to sieve is going to get
> > added to the CVS? *cross fingers*
>
> I don't know about Larry, but I don't plan on adding it, for several
> reasons:
>
> 1. Nobody has made a good enough case for this belonging in Cyrus
> instead of the MTA (yes, I know that Sieve can be used anywhere, but
> this discussion has been in the context of Cyrus).
>
> 2. It goes against the design of Sieve, which does not call external
> programs (Sieve is not procmail or an anti-SPAM measure).
>
> 3. Its not documented. Currently most (if not all) features of Cyrus
> are standards-based, either via an RFC or ID.
I fully agree with all of the above, anyone could insert X-Spam's at MTA
level as has been numerously pointed out by others.
However, a side question: IF this weird "spam" extention somehow finds its
way into Cyrus because everyone wants it (hopefully not), will I (the admin-
istrator) be able to prevent my users using it? Or more generally: Is it
possible do disable _specific_ checks/features in sieve?
I just imagine I won't be able to upgrade after 2.1.5 or <whatever version>
because my 50.000+ accounts will from then on do DNS lookups every n milli-
seconds..... Well, the other way to go will be to completely disable sieve
for good.
Regards,
Birger
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