Multiple Whitelists

[Dan Williamson]

oops... thanks.

-dan


-----Original Message-----
From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf
Of Julian Field
Sent: April 15, 2004 11:09 AM
To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: Multiple Whitelists

At 16:39 15/04/2004, you wrote:
>  Interesting. So this provides you with the effect of maintaining
>multiple lists, in that you can have something along these lines:
>
>in spam.check.rules
>
>From:           *@redhat.com    no
>To:             /etc/MailScanner/rules/disable.spam.check.rules no
>To:             /etc/MailScanner/rules/domain1.spam.check.rules no
>To:             /etc/MailScanner/rules/domain2.spam.check.rules no
>FromandTo:      /etc/MailScanner/rules/filter.spam.check.rules  no

Dangerous to call the files *.check.rules as they aren't actually rulesets,
they are just lists of addresses, 1 per line, to which that rule applies.

>FromTo: default yes
>
>Now, my next questing is, can I take this same theory and apply it to
>Is Definitely Not Spam =, whereby the ruleset determined in the above
>would simply be a list of additional rulesets?

No, they aren't rulesets, as above.


>Thanks for the help.
>
>Ronnie Regev
>www.daslwb.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>Behalf Of Dan Williamson
>Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 10:54 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] Multiple Whitelists
>
>This might be helpful.  I do the following.
>
>
>in Mailscanner.conf
>
>Spam Checks = /etc/MailScanner/rules/spam.check.rules
>
>
>in spam.check.rules
>
>From:           *@redhat.com    no
>To:             /etc/MailScanner/rules/disable.spam.check.rules no
>FromandTo:      /etc/MailScanner/rules/filter.spam.check.rules  no
>FromTo: default yes
>
>
>regards,
>-dan
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>Behalf Of Ronnie Regev
>Sent: April 15, 2004 9:45 AM
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Multiple Whitelists
>
>Hello,
>I would like to maintain multiple whitelists. i am running mailscanner
>3.5 on an Ensim webppliance 3.5.17
>
>can i simply point
>Is Definitely Not Spam =
>to multiple file names, such as
>
>Is Definitely Not Spam
>= /etc/MailScanner/rules/spam.whitelist.rules
>/etc/MailScanner/rules/spam.w
>hitelist.rules.2
>
>or must this feature be configured
>through /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/CustomConfig.pm.
>If so, what do i do with CustomConfig.pm (how would i initiate changes,
>apply them, modify the file properly etc ...)
>
>thanks, and excuse me if the last question is amteurish, im reluctant
>to modify this server.
>
>Ronnie Regev.
>www.daslweb.com

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