TOLD (Trebor's Obnoxious Lunchmeat Detector) is a "helper
application" for Macintosh mailserver programs. Currently, it only
supports EIMS (Eudora Internet Mail Server)
TOLD examines every e-mail that passes through the mailserver and tests
it against a sophisticated set of filters. If it detects suspicious
text or patterns that make it likely that the e-mail is a spam (or
contains a virus), it adds extra headers to the e-mail noting what it
found.
The e-mail is then delivered to the recipient (TOLD never deletes
e-mail). The recipient may then use a simple set of filters in her mail
reading application (ie: Eudora, Outlook, etc) to decide what to do with
the e-mail.
TOLD filters are all XML based, and TOLD automatically downloads the
latest version of them from this website at regular intervals. You can also create your own filters.
TOLD can also query a number of DNS-based blacklists if you so desire.
