100683 - RFE: Execute program before polling POP server

Status: NEW

(MailNews Core :: Networking: POP, enhancement)

Description

[Mike Perham]

I'd like to be able to have Mozilla execute an external program before checking
the POP server for new mail.  There is a nice SPAM killer program called
mailfilter (http://mailfilter.sf.net) that will scan a POP3 account for spam. 
I'd like to run it before each check, have it delete any spam and then have
Mozilla grab whatever is left.  Mozilla's internal mail filters are not powerful
enough to be effective unfortunately (that's another RFE!)

Comment 1

[Mike Perham]

Attachment: Simple example of what I mean

Comment 2

[Mike Perham]

I've added a patch that adds an external callout to Mozilla.  The only immediate
need is to move the program string to the prefs.js file since the string is
currently hardcoded.  I couldn't figure out the PREFS API or else I would have
done that too.  If you could add this to the source (with the prefs update), I'd
consider this implemented.

Comment 3

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

mass re-assign.

Comment 4

[(not reading, please use [e-mail] instead)]

sorry for the spam.  making bugzilla reflect reality as I'm not working on these bugs.  filter on FOOBARCHEESE to remove these in bulk.

Comment 5

[Serge Gautherie (:sgautherie)]

Filter on "Nobody_NScomTLD_20080620"