Using spamassassin for profanity

[catfox]

Hi Folks,
I'd like to implement a second spam assassin process to filter for certain words. this means incoming and outgoing mail.

the existing system is using exim, but i'm not sure how a second instance would fit into exim.conf

another issue is how to handle mail which matches a filter? rather than redirecting the mail to a certain folder, i'd like the mail to be rejected, and the user be given an error message (ie a popup in outlook express, like when their authentication fails).

thanks for reading, everyone!

 

[nobaloney]

Be careful ...

When it the course of human events... we find it necessary to use SpamAssassin and email filters, we'll find that important documents, such as the U.S. Declaration of Independence, including the words assembly and petition will get blocked.



Jeff

 

[catfox]

but not if we're matching \btit\b, which is how we're intending to use it.

 

[sullise]

Why would you want to?

 

[catfox]

it's a mail system for young people, hence profanity is not of any use. thats why i'd like a decent way to stop it.

 

[nobaloney]

Do you mean, for example, teen-aged girls who want to research \bbreast\b cancer?

See what I mean? It's a slippery slope.

Jeff

 

[catfox]

more things like \bcu*t\b \bfu*k\b \btw*t\b etc etc. so i'll only be looking for things that are obviously profanity.

 

[nobaloney]

One of our clients has tried that, continually refining her lists. A few days ago one of her clients missed an important fax because you never know what's in those fax attachment; different letter combinations abound .

Jeff