Multiple Whitelists

Derek Winkler dwinkler at ALGORITHMICS.COM
Thu Apr 15 18:00:34 IST 2004


In this example can /etc/MailScanner/rules/filter.spam.check.rules contain:

whoever at somedomain.com and someone at domain.tld

1 per line?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK]On
> Behalf Of Julian Field
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 12:09 PM
> 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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