Need clarification on whitelist rules

[Julian Field]

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At 19:51 06/10/2004, you wrote:
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>Dan Spray wrote:
>| Okay, here is what I currently have in mailscanner.conf...
>|
>| Is Definitely Not Spam = %rules-dir%/spam.whitelist.rules
>|
>| And here is what I have in my spam.whitelist.rules file...
>|
>| FromOrTo:       default                                         no
>|
>| #To
>| To:             dalder at conpoint.com                             no
>| To:             tdickie at conpoint.com                            yes
>| To:             randjnelson at conpoint.com                        yes
>|
>| What else do I need?  I believe that I have this setup correctly but
>please
>| correct me if I am wrong.  With the above config I am seeing what I
>| described below.
>FromorTo:       default         no
>should be last rule.
>Default rules always go at the end.

It's a good guideline, as it makes the rulesets make more sense. However it
isn't absolutely necessary. Just this can make it a bit easier if you
auto-generate rulesets with scripts.
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