[fetchmail]antispam codes, From filtering

[Matthias Andree]

Scott Ingram wrote:
>>On 18/07/05, Scott Ingram <scott@ingram.bz> wrote:
>>>Is it possible to change the behavior of fetchmail so that it
>>>doesn't delete the mail on the server in response to an anti spam
>>>message from the SMTP listerner on port 25?
>>Sure, don't configure any anti-spam codes.  Quoting the man page:
> 
> Well, I haven't.  I also didn't build it, I'm using a Debian binary. Is
> it possible that antispam actions were hardcoded in the build?  Otherwise,
> I would have expected the default behavior I desire.

Try "fetchmail -V -v -v" to find out.

>>If that's not what you want, don't use a 5xx series code for temporary failures!
> 
> I do need a permanent (or at least persistent) failure from this particular
> sender, as the content is actually dealt with by a process on the IMAP
> server.

And what prevents the IMAP server process from sieving the message into
a separate folder that fetchmail isn't polling?

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Matthias Andree