[CLUE-Tech] Linux "email firewall"

[Randy Arabie]

On Fri, 5 Apr 2002, Grant Johnson wrote:

> I use fetchmail and procmail to retrieve and then sort mail.  I am sure 
> you could use that combo to sort out spam too.  I am planning to start 
> doing so as well.

I do too.   And it works pretty well.  I thought about suggesting that, but 
I didn't know you could 'fetch' Yahoo email. I thought the only interface 
was via the browser. 

Yahoo offers POP3 access?  If not, how can I configure fetchmail to fetch 
my Yahoo mail?

> 
> Keith Christian wrote:
> 
> >Thanks Randy, somehow hit the send button :-(
> >
> >Interested in placing a Linux machine as an "email firewall" running
> >Procmail as a spam filter.  This would connect between my regular Yahoo
> >email and I'd then have my other machine get POP email from this Linux
> >machine.
> >
> >Anyone done anything like this at home?  I'm getting *real* tired of
> >deleting spam.
> >
> >======Keith

-- 
Cheerio!

Randy

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