Whitelist / blacklist interactions question

[Quentin Campbell]

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>[mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Martin Sapsed
>Sent: 08 December 2004 11:57
>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>Subject: Re: Whitelist / blacklist interactions question
>
>Quentin Campbell wrote:
>> I have
>>
>>   From:  *@oxfam.org.uk   yes
>>
>> in my spam.whitelist.rules file. I have
>>
>>   From: fred at oxfam.org.uk  yes
>>
>> in my spam.blacklist.rules file.
>>
>> I expect the latter entry to overrule the former in the case of mail
>> from "fred". What I am getting is inconsistent behaviour.
>
>Why not just add
>    From: fred at oxfam.org.uk  no
>to your whitelist rules or am I missing something?

Martin

Yes, you can do that. However it does not necessarily mean that it will
always be marked as spam.

I want _all_ message from the "fred" address to be marked as high
scoring spam. That is what adding it to the blacklist should do.

Quentin

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