[Mimedefang] Replacing SpamAssassin with DSPAM

Kenneth Porter shiva at sewingwitch.com
Tue Feb 24 16:39:57 EST 2004


--On Tuesday, February 24, 2004 2:03 PM -0600 "Andrew S. Johnson" 
<andy at asjohnson.com> wrote:

> Assuming you are right, how do I add a new check to SA using an external
> program without a lot of programming effort or having to become an SA
> guru?  RTFM works when TFM is organized and readable, so at least spare
> me that.

Version 3.0.0 of SA (now in development) includes a plugin API for just 
this sort of thing.

Until now, you'd have to add an "eval" test to the SA Perl modules, and 
risk having them overwritten in an upgrade. The new plugin API lets you 
create custom eval tests outside the SA code tree, inheriting from 
capability already in SA.

I don't see end-users writing plugins, though. Instead, those avante garde 
users who experiment with new rules will create and distribute plugins. So 
just wait a bit or express an interest in a plugin on the SA-Talk or 
SA-devel lists and someone will take up the gauntlet.



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