Re : [RFC] : answering lwn.net article on Balsa

[manu <eallaud yahoo fr>]

On 10.07.2004 10:08:46, Craig Routledge wrote:
> On 07/10/2004 11:46:31 AM, manu wrote:
> > "It can only use SMTP for outgoing mail; there is no option for  
> > passing a message to a local command."
> >
> > OK this one is true, but I am not sure what he would like to do with  
> > his messages then.
>
> He likes to have various hooks into, and out of, the mail program.
>
> Look at http://lwn.net/Articles/89403/ for details.  Granted most  
> users will not avail themselves of the kind of functionality he's  
> talking about, but it could lead to interesting stuff down the road.

Hmm actually I think he gave the example of feeding certain messages to  
learning spam filters.
I guess we could (2.3.x ;-) develop some kind of plugins system so that  
you can feed any message/parts to any kind of scripts/progs.
Bye
Manu

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