Re:Mozilla Spam filters dont delete off POP server
Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 14, 2003 09:36 PM
"So why can not all those Email Clients (like Mozilla-Mail) incorporate this feature as well ?"
i am not familiar with the kshowmail and eremove that you mention, but i suggest that an MTA (or later filter on the MTA) that does it is even better than a specially modified client that does it (for example a spamassasin equipped procmail or sendmail that rejects rather than delievering, spam). simply put, because even a specially modified client still has to sort through the mail stored on the server. it may not be YOUR disk space or bandwidth, but its still disk space and bandwidth.
now the case can be made against the entire argument here about not even wasting disk space and bandwidth. that case is also simple, none of the filters are perfect and most people dont want their mail dumped or filtered AND rejected. they want it filtered and delivered to another mailbox (ie Junk as in this article) so that they can periodically review it. yeah its a pain, no it doesnt save disk space or bandwidth, but the reality is that no filter is perfect.
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Re:Mozilla Spam filters dont delete off POP server
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 14, 2003 09:36 PMi am not familiar with the kshowmail and eremove that you mention, but i suggest that an MTA (or later filter on the MTA) that does it is even better than a specially modified client that does it (for example a spamassasin equipped procmail or sendmail that rejects rather than delievering, spam). simply put, because even a specially modified client still has to sort through the mail stored on the server. it may not be YOUR disk space or bandwidth, but its still disk space and bandwidth.
now the case can be made against the entire argument here about not even wasting disk space and bandwidth. that case is also simple, none of the filters are perfect and most people dont want their mail dumped or filtered AND rejected. they want it filtered and delivered to another mailbox (ie Junk as in this article) so that they can periodically review it. yeah its a pain, no it doesnt save disk space or bandwidth, but the reality is that no filter is perfect.
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