Re: [cobalt-users] email scanning

[Dom Latter <qube@xxxxxxx>]

Tim Brand said:

>I am looking for some software that will enable me to scan incoming email 
>for malicious words and phrases.  I run a Qube2 at my office and was 
>wondering if anyone knew of such software.

In principal, it's straightforward under Linux to pipe all incoming and
outgoing mail through a script that will scan it against a list of "bogey 
words" and then divert those that fall foul, much as commercial Windoze
software like Mailsweeper does.

In practice, it'll probably need careful configuration and setup.
There's a town in the UK called Scunthorpe that often causes problems...

I'd only go down this route if I *absolutely* had to.  Before I go into 
detail, let's take a step back:

What is the problem that you are trying to address?