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Alex Efros <powerman@××××××××××××××××××.com> said: |
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> Hi! |
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> Sorry for OT, but I wanna install spam-protection tool based on |
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> confirmation email request (somebody send me email, my tool delay that |
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> email and automatically reply requesting confirmation, he confirm, my |
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> tool receive that confirmation and: 1) add his email to while-list; 2) |
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> deliver his initial email to my mailbox). I'm aware about several such |
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> tools, but I'm not sure how they handle incoming emails from other |
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> robots - like mail lists, or some news subscriptions and notifications |
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> from websites. |
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> I just don't wanna put myself in position like other people who spam |
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> maillists I read with senseless messages from their tools like |
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> autoresponders or so... |
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> Can anybody recommend me tool which is able to correctly handle these |
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> cases? To be honest, I don't see a way to realize this feature... :( |
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> Ability to protect all accounts at our email domain is good to have, |
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> but personal-only tool is acceptable too. (I use qmail, if this is |
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> important.) |
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perhaps qconfirm is what you are looking for: |
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http://smarden.org/qconfirm/ |
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generally you should ignore all mail which sets the Precedence: bulk |
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header. as this is non-standard you should also check for some other |
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stuff explained here: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3834.txt |
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IMHO, though, concepts like you describe are a bad idea... |
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kind regards |
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Thilo |
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