From: Lloyd Zusman <ljz@...>
Date: 2004-11-23T14:11:56+09:00
Subject: Re: More samples of rubyfilter code?

Matt Armstrong <matt@lickey.com> writes:

> Lloyd Zusman <ljz@asfast.com> writes:
>
>> I'm interested in using the rubyfilter module.  Although the
>> documentation that comes with this module is quite extensive, it
>> would be helpful to me to see a few working rubyfilter samples, in
>> addition to those that are mentioned in the official docs.
>>
>> Can anyone point me to some real-world rubyfilter examples?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>
> Hey Lloyd, almost one month later, here is the contents of my
> .rdeliver file, used by the example rdeliver script that comes with
> rubyfilter.  I'll append 'confirm_queue' afterward.  All my incoming
> mail goes through this filter.  Email addresses not in my white list
> are likely to get an automatic (and controversial) confirmation
> request to cut down on SPAM.

Hi Matt ... now it's me who is late in replying. :)

Thanks for this.  It indeed helped me to get a better handle on how
to make use of rubyfilter.


> I have been meaning to package this stuff more formally, and clean it
> up considerably, but have successfully procrastinated for years.  ;-)
>
> As the author of RubyFilter, I imagine this is the most extensive use
> of the software.  I think RubyMail is a little more popular than
> RubyFilter.  But somebody has mailed me from one of the country code
> TLD registrars saying they use RubyMail+RubyFilter to automatically
> process their incoming mail requests.  :-)

I use RubyMail and also RubyFilter, and I like them both.  My
congratulations on two excellent pieces of software.

I ended up subclassing parts of RubyFilter to do some idiosyncratic
things that I like ... but that's what O-O is for, right? :)

Oh ... by the way:  there's an error on this RAA RubyFilter page:

  http://raa.ruby-lang.org/project/rubyfilter

On that page, the "Homepage" and "Download" links point to RubyMail, not
RubyFilter.


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> require 'rdeliver/confirm_queue'
>
> [ ... snipped to save bandwidth ... ]

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com
 God bless you.