Report "Message too large" to sender?

[Julian Field]

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At 14:58 12/09/2004, you wrote:
>Julian,
>
>Thanks for your reply again.
>
> >> Is there a way to configure MailScanner
> >> to send only notices saying "Message too large" and only to local users
> >> (i.e. to senders from a certain domain)?
>
> >You would need to set
> >Notify Senders of Other Blocked Content = %rules-dir%/notify.senders.rules
> >in MailScanner.conf.
>
>When I look at the MailScanner.conf there is a condition which spoils it
>all:
>
># *If* "Notify Senders" is set to yes, do you want to notify people
># who sent you messages containing other blocked content, such as
># partial messages or messages with external bodies?
># This can also be the filename of a ruleset.
>Notify Senders Of Other Blocked Content = yes
>
>I do not want to set "Notify Senders" to "yes" because that would seriously
>increase the traffic - both in my local network and in the Internet due to
>faking sender addresses by viruses and remote server notifications about
>non-existence of addressee of the "Notify Sender" message.
>Can I turn on the "Notify Senders Of Other Blocked Content *without*
>turning on the "Notify Senders" option?

You could switch on "notify senders" but leave all the other "notify
senders of..." options switched off. So only those who send "other blocked
content" would be notified. Read the comments above each of the "notify
senders of..." options.

>Ok, ok, I think I'm getting the point. I turn on the "Notify Senders"
>option to "yes" and in /etc/MailScanner/rules/notify.senders.rules I
>indicate that only my local domain should be affected by this rule. Do I
>get it right?
>Therefore the setting in /etc/MailScanner/rules/notify.senders.rules should
>look like this:
>
>From: my.domain.com        yes
>FromOrTo: default               no
>
>Can you check if I'm thinking right?

You need to set
Notify Senders = %rules-dir%/notify.senders.rules
so that it knows where to get the ruleset from. But otherwise that would
work okay.
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