Hi all

Here is the kind of simple tools that would be really excellent to have 
in Smalltalk.
This could be a fun project. To understand network. I should find some 
times (as if I would have time :)))

Stef


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Stephen Pair <stephen at pairhome.net>
> Date: Lun oct 6, 2003  21:04:23 Europe/Zurich
> To: ducasse <ducasse at iam.unibe.ch>
> Subject: Re: About your email filtering system
>
> ducasse wrote:
>
>> Hi Steven
>>
>> I want to evaluate way to filter my email. Once I sent you an email 
>> and saw that you have this kind of feature.
>> Now I have some questions:
>>     - is it available (I would pay for a stable and easy to install 
>> version! seriously there is a market).
>>     - where should this feature get in? Can I use with a simple pop 
>> account?
>>     - is it in Squeak?
>>
>> Tell me more if you have time.
>> Thanks Stef
>>
>>
>>  "if you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you
>>  do different? ...  especially if,  by doing something different,
>>  today might not be your last day on earth" Calvin&Hobbes
>
>
> Hi Stef,
>
> I use a tool called TMDA...see: http://www.tmda.net.  It is open 
> source, but it's not squeak (it's written in Python). ;(
>
> I run it on my email server (which runs qmail), I thiink you'll need 
> to have some measure of control over your email server...at a minimum, 
> I think you'll need a shell account that receives your email messages 
> such that tmda can process your incoming mail.
>
> I've been using it quite effectively for the last couple of years, 
> I've managed to keep almost all spam out of my inbox, though spammers 
> are getting more and more clever about challenge/response filters.
>
> - Stephen
>
>