Blacklist entry question

[Julian Field]

At 19:01 05/03/2004, you wrote:
>I find that the blacklist (spam.blacklist.rules) is one of the most
>effective solutions for efficiency using MailScanner. I have two small
>questions about the blacklist and its entries.
>
>Since I don't get any SA scores from blacklisted entries, can I assume that
>this (blacklisting) is one of the first things  performed by MS, and that by
>using it, it eliminates email faster.

It will stop it running any of the "Spam List" or SpamAssassin checks,
unless you have told it to always include the spamassassin report.

>I get mail from xxx1.yyy, xxx2.yyy and xxx3.yyy. I want to blacklist it. Do
>I need to add 3 entries, or can I use something like xxx[1-3].yyy?

Probably better to do
/xxx[1-3]\.yyy/

>Thanks so much for this beautiful piece of software

Glad you like it!

>  and any time anyone can
>supply to this question.
>
>Steve Campbell
>campbell at cnpapers.com
>Charleston Newspapers

--
Julian Field
www.MailScanner.info
Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654