Re: [exim] Exim4 Trouble on Debian - Newbie

Josip Rodin wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:22:32PM -0000, ROGERS Richard wrote:
>>>> May I ask why you decided to use sa-exim instead of exim's built-in
>>>> content scanning interface?
>>>
>>> Well, you can but I cannot answer, as I don't know :)
>>
>> We (and others, I think) use it because it allows use of
>> SpamAssassin's report_safe option, which I don't think the built-in
>> facility allows (correct me if I'm wrong - that's how it seemed in
>> testing earlier in the year). This is a good option when you use an
>> Outlook client (maybe others?) as the spam content is not straight
>> in your preview pane.
>
> Actually, report_safe doesn't really work even with SA-Exim, because
> it doesn't seem to be able to modify message body. I thought it was
> able, but lately it seems that it's not :/

The point - for us at least - is that it allows us to have the original
spam message made into an attachment, with only the spam report in the
body of the delivered message. That way the user has to take some
positive action to view the spam message.

Regards

Richard

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Richard Rogers
IT Development and Innovation Manager
Staffordshire University


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