Footers

[Julian Field]

At 13:37 16/02/2004, you wrote:
>On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 05:36, David Hooton wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> > > Behalf Of Julian Field
> > > Sent: Monday, 16 February 2004 9:08 PM
> > > To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> > > Subject: Re: Footers
> > >
> > > Please see MailScanner.conf:
> > >
> > > # If this is "no", then (as far as possible) messages which have already
> > > # been processed by another MailScanner server will not have the clean
> > > # signature added to the message. This prevents messages getting many
> > > # copies of the signature as they flow through your site.
> > > # This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
> > > Sign Messages Already Processed = no
> > >
> > > It relies on the "Mail Header" setting being the same across all your
> > > MailScanner servers.
> >
> > Hi Julian,
> >
> > We do have that set as you've described. Below is an example of a user
> > sending to another user on the same server (Mail Header setting obviously
> > not an issue).
> >
> > > >
> ========================================================================
> > > >  Dave's Test Footer
> > > > ====================================================================
> > > > ====
> > >
> > >
> > > ========================================================================
> > >  Dave's Test Footer
> > > ======================================================================
> > > ==
> >
> >
> > ========================================================================
> >  Dave's Test Footer
> > ========================================================================
> >
> > I've asked about this before and was given the suggestion you've just given
> > me, user comments backed off for a while so I forgot it was still an issue
> > for them :)  They have just started harassing me again!
> >
> > Any other hints?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > David Hooton
>
>Well, I'm sure you realize that MailScanner is acting properly in this
>situation.  Each response from a user is really a different message -
>even though the folks responding failed to trim off the footer.
>
>The old footer indicating that the message was scanned (that's what the
>footer is for) is no longer valid, once a user modifies the message in
>any way.
>
>Your best bet is to modify the footer so that it is recognized as
>something to be thrown away during a response.  One standard that some
>MUA's use is to have the throw-away footer formed like this:
>
>--
>Daves Footer
>
>Good Luck - Jon Carnes

Ah, yes, I misunderstood. I thought it was a problem with a single message
going through more than 1 MailScanner on its way to its recipient. What you
actually mean is a conversation between 2 people winding up with multiple
signatures on it.

If you want to stop them, then the easiest way is a ruleset that stops it
signing messages if the message comes from you and goes to you. Use a
"FromAndTo:     yourdomain.com  no" ruleset entry to do this.
--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
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