[Spambayes] Some ideas I have....

[John Draper]

Neale writes:

>So then, John Draper <crunch@shopip.com> is all like:
>
>> I want to start up another discussion about what the direction of the
>> group is heading, as far as addressing the issues of where spam filter
>> should take place.  IE: Client side, Vs Server side.
>
>Currently we have two applications of the classifier: hammie and
>pop3proxy.  Both of these can run on either the client or the server.
>
>Your "bureaucrat" model sounds a lot like an observer pattern
><http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?ObserverPattern>.  This is what procmail
>does with incoming mail, dispatching events to various processing
>functions (like hammie or spamassassin) who can each take a swing at the
>message.  
>
>What might be really useful would be a hook into an existing SMTP
>server.  But before that happens, we need to answer some questions like
>whether or not it's feasible to run one classifier database against an
>entire organization or ISP's email.

We wrote a cheap and dirty MTA (SMTP server) in Python.   Definately not RFC821 complient,  but I use it as a test or proof of performance.

These issues I think are important (System wide filtering,  vs local user level filtering).

John