Whitelisted

[Ken Anderson]

See the previous thread on "mailscanner only sees the envelope TO -
solved" for a solution to this problem.
Ken

Dustin Baer wrote:

> Kris Zabriskie wrote:
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>>Dustin,
>>Maybe that is where my misunderstanding is.  I thought, that would turn off
>>spam filtering for that user only.  Does that say anything addressed to that
>>user and anyone else, will go through?
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> Hi Kris,
>
> As far as I understand MailScanner's whitelisting, if one recipient is
> in the whitelist, all recipients receive the message.  I have run into
> your situation also, and refuse to whitelist recipient names here, if I
> see that they receive a high volume of spam.  I don't want other people
> getting spam, just because they want their name whitelisted.
>
> I am sure someone will correct me, if I have mis-stated how MailScanner
> operates its whitelist.
>
> Good luck with your CEO!
>
> Dustin
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Dustin Baer" <dustin.baer at IHS.COM>
>>To: <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>>Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:51 PM
>>Subject: Re: Whitelisted
>>
>>
>>>Kris Zabriskie wrote:
>>>
>>>>Here is everything:
>>>>
>>>>Contents:
>>>>mail.log is the sendmail mail.log (ONLY information pertaining to the
>>>>message in question)
>>>>mail.header is the header of the e-mail
>>>>spam.whitelist.rules is exactly what it says
>>>>MailScanner.conf is exactly what it is =)
>>>
>>>
>>>Check this entry in spam.whitelist.rules: "To:
>>>blshu at itech.net             yes # for her daily drool"
>>>
>>>Check this entry in the mail logs:   to=...<blshu at itech.net>,...
>>>
>>>Hope you don't have to change products now.
>>>
>>>Dustin
>>>--
>>>Dustin Baer
>>>Unix Administrator/Postmaster
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