Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:49:53 -0800 (PST) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: email question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103291342130.15769-100000@heorot.1nova.com> In-Reply-To: <3AC4F044.511FD26A@nisser.com>
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> > > Is there a way to filter outgoing email through our FreeBSD 4.0 email server > > > and have it check for certain words or statements, and if found, send a copy > > > to another email address without letting the sender or recipient know that > > > this happened? > > > > Probally.. but what are the moral and legal implications of doing > > so? > > Interesting. Since this is basically what virusscanners do, you're > suggesting it might be illegal if not immoral and unethical to > use a virusscanner in MTAs? ;) Possibly... if the Virus scanner is making a full copy of the email itself. BUT... In the case of a Virus scanner, I can see the need for it. I'd like to know what the orginal user's intent is personally ,as I can't think of another case where you would need to do so. (Though I'm sure I'll be deluged with a number of reasons now... :) Though it also poses an interesting technical challenge... I was thinking that you could have sendmail/postfix/whatever simply CC the message off to the 2nd email box. Is there even a setting for something like this? The 2nd choice would be to run a script that checks the size of the user's mail file then copy the relevant part into a 2nd mail file. I guess the real question is, are you the sys admin? Or do want to keep it hidden? :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://www.shatteredcrystal.net/hardware ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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