SpamChecks.rules: sender*@

Julian Field mailscanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Wed Jan 21 16:59:12 GMT 2004


At 17:06 21/01/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Julian,
>
>But "From: bounce-opa-intelligence*@ no" will whitelist
>bounce-opa-intelligence* from any host and not just from atomic.sparklist.com,
>which many not be exactly what he wants.

Quite correct. Blame addled brain on surfeit of pain-killers, life is
slightly out of focus at the mo...
:-)


>Can he not use:
>
>From: bounce-opa-intelligence*@atomic.sparklist.com no ?

Yes.


>I am asking because I ran into this before ...
>
>Thank you
>Marco
>
>
>
>Quoting Julian Field <mailscanner at ECS.SOTON.AC.UK>:
>
> > Yes, that is fine.
> > I have added it to the EXAMPLES file.
> >
> > At 16:24 21/01/2004, you wrote:
> > >Many newsletters have a different envelope address each time they
> > >arrive, e.g. <bounce-opa-intelligence-8498661 at atomic.sparklist.com>.
> > >The number will change each time.
> > >
> > >The following would allow all email from atomic.sparklist.com to not be
> > >spam checked:
> > >
> > >         From: *@atomic.sparklist.com no
> > >
> > >I would rather not whitelist the entirety of atomic.sparklist.com, so
> > >tried the following:
> > >
> > >         From: bounce-opa-intelligence*@ no
> > >
> > >This seems to have worked.
> > >
> > >Is my logic correct?  If so, Julian, this might be a good addition to
> > >etc/rules/EXAMPLES.
> >
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