Feature request

[Julian Field]

Read "man Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf" to see what options you can add. You
will have the /etc/MailScanner/mcp directory if you have a new version of
MailScanner. There's not much in there, but there is a sample rule.

At 16:33 15/09/2003, you wrote:
>Actually, this might indeed be the solution to the problem, provided that
>this patch is not looking at any white or black list.
>
>In fact, I think it would be best to implement separate black and white
>lists for MCP. Naturally I would like to know when the people we send
>e-mail to read their mail, but I don't want them to know when we read
>our mail :)
>
>Will it scan the qf/df pair?
>I think I will have it scan for the content type line (although they
>are not visible in pine) as below:
>
>------_=_NextPart_001_01C37B6B.C7B39430
>Content-Type: message/disposition-notification
>
>
>I need the solution to be rock solid therefore I cannot rely on the text
>"was deleted without being read on Mon, 15 Sep 2003 11:28:53 +0200"
>
>alone because Exchange seems to be sending out these confirmation in
>Spanish/Portugese as well!
>
>Is it possible that I don't have the directory
>/etc/MailScanner/mcp
>on my system?
>
>Was looking for the example rules or scores.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 15 Sep 2003, Julian Field wrote:
>
> > You can do this with MCP. See
> www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/install/mcp
> > You will need SpamAssassin 2.60rc4 or else it won't work. You won't need my
> > SpamAssassin patch to do what you want.
> >
> > It would actually be a very good example of something useful you can do
> > with MCP so I would like to know how you get on.
> >
> > At 10:42 15/09/2003, you wrote:
> > >Can I do a feature request for MailScanner (actually I made this request
> > >already a long time ago, but think there wasn't enough interest or time
> > >for it at the time): to kill off the status messages
> > >
> > >Unfortunately MS Exchange is *very* persistent in happily sending out
> > >privacy sensitive status messages which cannot be disabled.
> > >
> > >Examples are:
> > >-read receipt: your message to xxx was read by Jones on 12-sep-03 at 18:00
> > >-not read: Your message to xxx ws deleted without being read on Mon, 15
> > >Sep 2003 11:28:53 +0200
> > >
> > >-delivery status notifications : your message was successfully delivered
> > >to xxx on xxx (very nice and handy feature for spammers)
> > >
> > >These messages that exchange sends out, *really* piss me off, i don't want
> > >anybody to know who reads which message when without our authorization!!
> > >
> > >It's immensely embarrasing when somebody in our organization doesn't want
> > >to be disturbed and the secretary tells people on the phone that the
> > >person is not in office and M$ Exchange is confirming that he/she is
> > >reading her mail. You cannot even see from the client that these messages
> > >are being sent.
> > >
> > >In Office XP there is a little better control over this, supposedly it is
> > >possible to turn the read receipt off, but this is not possible with
> > >Office 2000.
> > >
> > >I've tried all sorts of ways to suppress these messages, sendmail rules on
> > >subject (which only catches 80% because M$ Exchange replies in the
> > >character set the original message was sent, and this bypasses the rules),
> > >I've tried installing Microgarden Outlook tools, they catch only about 50%
> > >of these messages.
> > >
> > >I think this would be a great feature to secure privacy for people that
> > >must use M$ Exchange.
> >
> > --
> > Julian Field
> > www.MailScanner.info
> > MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
> >

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