Generic spam plug-in

[Adri Koppes]

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> Hi,
> 
> Adri Koppes schrieb:
> > I agree a function call might be more efficient, but since this is
> > supposed to be a generic plug-in, I think we should always have to
> > option to use a command line version and process the output via a
> > pipe, exit code or temporary file.
> 
> > Using a function call would make the generic plug-in less generic,
> > since you can then only use it for external programs which have a
> > perl interface!
> 
> It is extreamly easy writing a very small perl function that does a
> 'system' call to execute a command line script.
> 
> -- 
> Felix

Sure it's not to difficult to do a 'system' call.
It gets a little more complicated when you have to add timeouts, setting up the pipe, processing the output etc.
I wouldn't have too many problems, but I think there are many people who are using MailScanner without having knowing how to write a perl script.

Adri.

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