On Tue, 2009-11-10 at 09:33 -0600, Luc wrote:
> So, does anybody knows a Linux equivalent to Mailwasher?
>
There seems to be a server version of MailWasher for Linux but its not
free and it requires you to run a mailserver.
I don't think there's a direct native equivalent, but its relatively
easy to put the necessary bits together. Here are some possibilities:
1) ISP -> getmail -> spamassassin -> MTA <-> MUA
2) ISP -> getmail -> MTA -> procmail <-> MUA
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spamassassin
ISP: Your ISP.
getmail: This program picks up mail from your ISP using POP3 or
IMAP and passes it to the next program in the chain.
MTA: Mail Transport Agent - you already have one, probably
sendmail, running to handle system mail (such as
logwatch reports) and to let you send mail from one
login to another. Sendmail is really hard to configure,
so if you go for (2) you'll probably want to replace
it with another MTA, such as Postfix.
procmail: A mail filter that processes mail arriving in your Linux
mailbox. There is a mailbox for each login.
MUA: Mail User Agent - what you use to read and write mail.
I don't know which Ubuntu favours. Fedora users probably
use Evolution but Firebird is also popular.
spamassassin: A package that examines mail and classifies it as ham
or spam. A good MUA will see spamassassin's classification
and put ham in your inbox and spam in the spam folder.
Martin
