Spam.whitelist.rules file question

[Julian Field]

At 10:40 06/02/2003, you wrote:
> > -----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

You can add the "\." if you like, but no 3-digit (or more) number starting
with a 6 is less than 256 anyway, so you can't have an IP address that is,
for example, 192.168.641.123.
But yes, having the "\." makes it a bit clearer, I'll change the docs.
--
Julian Field
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