Logs vs. headers

[Julian Field]

At 15:45 26/04/2004, you wrote:
>On Mon, 26 Apr 2004, Denis Beauchemin wrote:
>
> > Kevin Brouelette wrote:
> >
> > >X-VarLog.net-MailScanner-Information:  Please contact the ISP for more
> information
> > >X-VarLog.net-MailScanner-SpamCheck:  spam, SpamAssassin (score=3.43,
> > >required 2.5, BIZ_TLD 0.78, RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK 2.55, RCVD_IN_SORBS 0.10)
> > >X-VarLog.net-MailScanner-SpamScore:  sss
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > Kevin,
> >
> > You seem to have a dot in your org name (VarLog.net).  This is a bad
> > idea because it will get you into trouble on some systems.
>
>This configuration problem seems to crop up several times on the list.
>
>Could I suggest that MailScanner itself does a sanity check?  When it
>loads "MailScanner.conf" it could check that these various header
>definitions (e.g. "Information Header" etc.) to ensure that there are no
>glaring errors.

It's not an error in the header, it's an error in the way that Symantec's
mail products incorrectly interpret the headers.



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