Whitelist Problem - Still!

[Julian Field]

At 18:48 14/08/2002, you wrote:
>Gerry Doris wrote:
>
>>I'm still having problems getting the spam.whitelist.conf file to work.  I
>>must be doing something really obviously wrong but I can't see it.
>>
>>Here's what I have in spam.whitelist.conf
>>
>># The following examples show what can be done here:
>># From: jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>># From: JulianField.net
>># From: *.ecs.soton.ac.uk
>># To:   spam@*
>># To:   abuse at your.domain.com
>>From: lyris.gamespy.com
>
>Is there actually supposed to be a "From:" or "To:" tag in that
>file?  The top of my file reads:
>
># This is a list of email addresses (with an @ sign in them) or entire email
># domains (without an @ sign in them) from which you will accept mail without
># ever marking it as spam.
>#jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk
>#JulianField.net
>#*.ecs.soton.ac.uk
>
>Which makes me suspect you should be using a syntax like:
>        lyris.gamespy.com
>        example.com
>        example.tld
>(ie: no "From:" tag)

You are using different versions of the code. I added the "From:" and "To:"
quite recently. If neither "From:" nor "To:" is specified on a line, the
default is both.
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