[CLUE-Tech] Linux "email firewall"

Steve Fry clue at ir3w.com
Fri Apr 5 09:06:28 MST 2002


BUT, Yahoo is going to start charging for delivering POP email.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=yahoo+mail+POP+mail-forwarding&btnG=Google+Search

Randy Arabie wrote:
> 
> 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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