Hotmail Whitelisted {Scanned}

[Julian Field]

Not sure whether this is helpful or not (I haven't read the thread ---- try
saying that when drunk :-)
but MailScanner only uses the envelope addresses, not the From: or To: headers.

At 19:02 16/04/2004, you wrote:
>Well a run a test. First was to blacklist my work email in MS.
>
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more
>information
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner: Found to be clean
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner-SpamCheck: spam (blacklisted)
>X-MailScanner-From: dshaw at stbernard.com
>Status:
>
>Looks like MS doesn't pass this to Spamassassin.
>
>Second test was to not blacklist in MS but in Spamassassin.
>
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more
>information
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner: Found to be clean
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner-SpamCheck: spam, SpamAssassin (score=100.5,
>     required 3.5, SPAM_PHRASE_01_02 0.50, USER_IN_BLACKLIST 100.00)
>X-Computer-Medic-MailScanner-SpamScore:
>ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
>
>MS passes it Spamassassin and Spamassassin marks it.
>
>So I think the whitelisted mark is coming from a:
>MailScanner.conf not pointing to the right whitelist.
>or
>MailScanner is reading the helo address or the envelope address first.
>
>David
>
>
>
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>---------- Original Message -----------
>From: technical coordinator <tc at SHENANDOAH.K12.IN.US>
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Sent: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 12:41:03 -0500
>Subject: Re: Hotmail Whitelisted {Scanned}
>
> > Mine is set to no.
> >
> >       -----Original Message-----
> >       From: Mark Nienberg [mailto:mark at TIPPINGMAR.COM]
> >       Sent: Fri 4/16/2004 12:25 PM
> >       To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >       Cc:
> >       Subject: Re: Hotmail Whitelisted {Scanned}
> >
> >
> >
> >       On 16 Apr 2004 at 10:03, David Shaw wrote:
> >
> >       > This is Dale problem.... Not Speaking for Dale but I think the
>problem
> >       > is, Why is MS marking emails from hotmail as whitelisted when
> >       > hotmail.com is in the whitelist. The logs he posted show that
> >       > hotmail.com is both whitelistes and blacklisted. hotmail is not
> > in the        > blacklist as well. But he does forward spam to an account
> > that is       > whitelisted?? Could account for the whitelist??? But that
> > doesn't       > answer way it is marked as blacklisted.
> >
> >       Just a thought, remember that SpamAssassin has its own whitelisting
> > system that is        separate from MailScanner's.  I think most of us
> > turn it off (at least the     autowhitelisting feature) with the
> > following in MailScanner.conf.
> >
> >       # Set this option to "yes" to enable the automatic whitelisting
>functions
> >       # available within SpamAssassin. This will cause addresses from
> > which you     # get real mail, to be marked so that it will never
> > incorrectly spam-tag  # messages from those addresses.        SpamAssassin
> > Auto Whitelist = no
> >       --
> >       Mark W. Nienberg, SE
> >       Tipping Mar + associates
> >       1906 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, CA  94704
> >       visit our website at http://www.tippingmar.com
> >
> >
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