Re: Wanted: Gnus plugin to submit spam to ordb.org

[Ted Zlatanov <teodor.zlatanov@divine.com>]

On 29 Apr 2002, kirk@strauser.com wrote:
> 
> At 2002-04-29T16:05:12Z, Ted Zlatanov <teodor.zlatanov@divine.com>
> writes:
> 
>> 2) user defines a rule in the split rules that will classify spam
>>    as such using the spam catching methods.  For instance, the ordb
>>    method would do a DNS query, while the blacklist method would
>>    look in the user's blacklist.
> 
> I've already installed the dnsbl features on my mailserver, as have
> quite a few other people.  I personally wouldn't be too interested
> in having Gnus perform the checks again, although I'm certain that
> others would love this.

Right, so your checking method list wouldn't contain ordb, but your
reporting method list would.
> 
>> 3) user marks spam with the "H" mark, which triggers the reporting
>>    methods requested by the user.  For instance, the ordb method
>>    would send mail to ORDB, while the blacklist method would add
>>    the sender to the user's blacklist.
> 
> I particularly like this.  Anything that makes widespread use of
> anti-spam tools trivially easy for end users can only be a good
> thing for all of us.

My major concern (and the reason why I haven't been doing too much
work on this) is that generally, in Gnus marks do not trigger actions
directly.  This would be a usability change that may not be welcome by
the majority, even though it makes perfect sense to me personally.

Thanks
Ted