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Saturday, June 28. 2008
How to Resurrect Procmail and Spamassassin on Dreamhost
Admittedly I have been very annoyed with Dreamhost since they announced that users would no longer be able to use procmail. I still feel that my complaints are valid. Dreamhost handled the removal of this feature in a very poor manner. For a while, it did not seem like they recognized how serious this actually was. Notably, Josh in a blog entry joked that Dreamhost no longer wanted to host email.
After that post, a firestorm among clients ensued with over 100 comments. And it seems like they may have taken a few steps back and reconsidered their position. A later comment by Dallas seems to suggest that Dreamhost is trying to quickly remedy the absence of procmail.
Sidenote
As a side note, we seem to have been given a slight glimpse into the balance of personalities at the core of Dreamhost. Josh has always been the more vocal of the two. But, Josh has also been very unprofessional at times. In this most recent post, it seems likely that while Josh may be more vocal, Dallas is the professional face of Dreamhost and the person truley in charge.
How to get procmail Back
Back to the point of this article, after reading the most recent entry I realized that it is possible to still use both procmail and spamassassin. However, this solution is not elegant.
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