FriendlyGreeting is Expanding

[Remco Barendse]

Great, thanks!

Last question, what is the format of the following line?
HSubject:<WHITESPACE> $>Check_Subject
HSubject: <TAB> $>Check_Subject

On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Julian Field wrote:

> At 09:10 14/11/2002, you wrote:
> >Should or shouldn't that include LOCAL_RULESETS before the lines below
> >that you put in sendmail.mc (they can be put in sendmail.mc right, I
> >have never been able to figure out how the .cf files work)
>
> It should come after the LOCAL_RULESETS line in the sendmail.mc file.
>
> >Also where do I put it in sendmail.mc?
>
> Anywhere are LOCAL_RULESETS should work.
>
> >I just added at the bottom of the file, replaced the whitespaces with
> >tabs after the last few lines starting from  $* up until the $#error bit.
> >Then my mail server simply stopped accepting any mail whatsoever....
> >
> >May I suggest a 'complete morons guide to stopping FriendlyGreeting cards'
> >for people like me? :)
> >
> >Remco
> >
> >On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Julian Field wrote:
> >
> > > At 16:28 13/11/2002, you wrote:
> > > >I am ready to just block all e-mail.
> > >
> > > Do that and I'll have to go back to collecting things (glasses, clocks,
> > > bottles of brandy...)
> > > :-)
> > >
> > > >I attached the two possibilitys now according to Mcafee.  Does anybody
> > > >have a long term solution for these guys.  I believe the rule that
> > > >Julian suggested adding to spam.assassin.prefs.conf only covers the
> > > >first one.
> > >
> > > I have only seen these two. The second one appeared last week. Updates for
> > > sendmail.cf or spam.assassin.prefs.conf are included here for everyone's
> > > benefit. If I hear any more news in this I'll let you all know.
> > >
> > > Stop them in sendmail:
> > >
> > > HSubject: $>Check_Subject
> > > D{FriendPat1}you have an E-Card from
> > > D{FriendPat2}you have a greeting card from
> > > D{FriendMsg}This message is probably a nasty E-Card.
> > > SCheck_Subject
> > > R$* ${FriendPat1} $*            $#error $@ 5.7.1 $: ${FriendMsg}
> > > R$* ${FriendPat2} $*            $#error $@ 5.7.1 $: ${FriendMsg}
> > >
> > > Or stop them in SpamAssassin:
> > >
> > > header   FRIEND_GREETINGS       Subject =~ /you have an E-Card from/i
> > > describe FRIEND_GREETINGS       Nasty E-card from FriendGreetings.com
> > > score    FRIEND_GREETINGS       100.0
> > > header   FRIEND_GREETINGS2      Subject =~ /you have a greeting card from/i
> > > describe FRIEND_GREETINGS2      Nasty E-card from FriendGreetings.com
> > > score    FRIEND_GREETINGS2      100.0
> > >
> > > --
> > > Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> > > jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> > > Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
> > >                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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> --
> Julian Field                Teaching Systems Manager
> jkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk         Dept. of Electronics & Computer Science
> Tel. 023 8059 2817          University of Southampton
>                              Southampton SO17 1BJ
>
>


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