4.29.7: whitelist syslog chatter

[Jeff Earickson]

Peter,
   I looked at the FAQ.  I notice that the default is FromOrTo instead
of From in the FAQ.  Methinks this isn't right.  Since there is no "to"
specified, the default "to" means that everything will be spam checked,
which is not is wanted, right?  You really want to only look at the
"From" only, not the "To".

I have added a "spamcheck.rules" into /etc/MailScanner/rules and changed
my "Spam Check = " setting, and turned the whitelist logging back on.
We shall see what happens.  Thanks for this tip!

Jeff Earickson
Colby College

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Peter Bonivart wrote:

> Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 19:21:30 +0200
> From: Peter Bonivart <peter at UCGBOOK.COM>
> Reply-To: MailScanner mailing list <MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: 4.29.7: whitelist syslog chatter
>
> Jeff Earickson wrote:
> > Yes, I don't want outbound email ever marked as spam.  If I go this
> > route of a Spam Checks ruleset, I would guess that it would be the inverse
> > of my whitelist rule, like:
> >
> > #---don't spamcheck anything from my own netblock
> > From:   137.146.        no
> > #---do spamcheck everything else
> > From:   default         yes
> >
> > Is this right (or a good idea)?
>
> Reversing the ruleset is a very good idea. :-) Glad you thought of that
> since I didn't point it out. Look at this FAQ for a little more info:
>
> http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/serve/cache/248.html
>
> --
> /Peter Bonivart
>
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