On 04Mar2007 14:19, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: | James Wilkinson wrote: | >None of them have proper support for mail scoring.[...] | >Mail scoring (based on sender, subject, spam scores, etc.) takes a | >little bit of setting up, but can be very useful on something like the | >Fedora lists if your client has it. | | Where possible, I think this is better done at the transport layer with | MimeDefang, adding headers that the user agent(s) can easily parse for | rule processing. Depends how nice the scoring rule syntax is. And it's fine unless yu want to change the scoring system; then you need to refilter your email. | That way you don't have to wait for scanning to happen | at the user level True, but sorting on a score doesn't matter _until_ the user is reading the email... | and aren't tied to the quirks of any particular mail | program. But are tied to the mail transport. I know which one I think is easier to change. For another straw herring, supposing one wanted different scores at different times? If it's in the mail client you can switch and have it resort your email display. If the transport does it you need to redeliver your email... A happy mutt user, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ He tried to tell us the animals could speak. Who knows? Perhaps they do. How do you know they don't - just 'cause they've never spoken to you? - Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr.
