Spam.whitelist.rules file question

[Quentin Campbell]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julian Field [mailto:mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK] 
> Sent: 30 January 2003 12:28
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: Spam.whitelist.rules file question
> 
> 
> At 12:21 30/01/2003, you wrote:
> >So you are saying that he needed to put 194.205.110.133 
> instead or in 
> >addition to?
> 
> Instead.
> 
> Normally the thing in the rule is (a pattern matching) the 
> email address. But if it doesn't contain any letters, it 
> interprets it as (a pattern
> matching) the IP address.
> 

Julian

Is the ~MailScanner/etc/rules/EXAMPLES file correct?

In its "Spam WhiteList" examples it gives:

From:     123.234.                            yes
From:     /^192\.168\.6[4567]/                yes

Assuming the first line specifies a Class B address range then that
pattern
should allow for 123.234.xxx.xxx addresses to be whitelisted.

If the second line specifies a Class C address range then that pattern
should allow for 192.168.64.xxx addresses (say) but as there is no
terminating "." would that pattern work as expected? That is, I think it
should read:

From:     /^192\.168\.6[4567]\./              yes
  
Quentin
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