Re: SMTP AUTH

[Rafal Maszkowski <]

On Tue, Sep 08, 1998 at 03:19:49PM +0200, Herman Van Uytven wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Sep 1998 15:13:11 +0200 you said:
> >    3) Make some system where you exchange only E-mail with
> >       correspondents you accept, or with a Subject you like.
> >Whom do you mean by "you"? Anyone could implement this
> >on a *personal* basis, but implementing it even on an
> >organisation-wide scale is already out of the question.
>     I am thinking indeed at the personal level.
>     For each person a list of correspondents and a list
>     of subjects would be maintained, you could easily make
>     a web based address book with it.

It may be something similar to
http://www.iki.fi/liw/mailfilter.html

    1. If the sender is on the blacklist, delete the letter.
    2. Put mailing lists in their own folders. This must be done correctly!
       Otherwise the mailing list mail is treated as junk e-mail.
    3. Put local administrative e-mail in its own folder. I administrate my own
       Linux box. This catches mail from system crontabs, news log summaries,
       and so on. (Maybe not relevant to you.)
    4. At this point, it should be personal mail. Check that the To or Cc
       headers address me. If not, delete the mail.
    5. Put bounce messages in their own mailbox.
    6. If the sender is on my whitelist:
         1. If I'm on vacation, send back automatic response.
         2. Put the letter in inbox.
    7. If the subject includes password, put in special folder for unknown
       people.
    8. Otherwise, autoreply with request to use password and delete the mail.

It is for personal use.

R.