Re: bogofilter behavior

[Ted Zlatanov]

On Thu, 02 Sep 2004, jari.aalto@poboxes.com wrote:

> Matthias Andree <matthias.andree@gmx.de> writes:
>> It's sensible to request frequent updates of users using a development
>> version. Don't waste your time on the 0.1 % of machines that run
>> outdated bogofilter versions - use the registration as mentioned above
>> and refuse work with versions before and excluding 0.11.0.
> 
> Seconded. There could be a verson check in spam.el and program could
> refuse to use bogofilter, if the version was not sipported (lower than
> N.NN.NN). In spam detection it is of no use to use old software
> anyway, so people would notice to upgrade programs as well.

OK, is someone interested in producing and testing a patch to make
bogofilter's latest version a requirement?  It would make my life
easier, as I won't be able to get this done quickly on my own (I don't
use bogofilter).

Thanks
Ted