adding a reject reason to spam messages

[Martin Hepworth]

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Sam

The way I handle this...

Is to do ALL the checks in Spamassassin, that way the RBL's don't get
treated as a 100% blacklist. 

Or alter the "Spam Lists To Be Spam" to be more than 1 is you have more than
1 RBL in the Spam List, to each RBL isn't treated as a complete blacklist.

--
Martin Hepworth 
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
> Behalf Of Sam Przyswa
> Sent: 07 December 2005 12:08
> To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [MAILSCANNER] adding a reject reason to spam messages
> 
> Erick Perez a écrit :
> 
> > Well, if a legitimate user is sending a mail from an ip block that has
> > been tagged as spam-generating (like an open-proxy that was later
> > closed), i wanted to tell the user that his/her email was
> > rejected/tagged as spam because it appeared in a spam/openproxy
> database.
> >
> > I've been in that position several times because one of the internet
> > providers I use is being constantly entered into spam generating
> > ip-blocks.
> >
> > When I was blocked i whised something will bouce back telling me why
> > was not delivered instead of making me "think" it was delivered.
> >
> > ok, maybe not the user, but how about a forward to the postmaster of
> > the offending domain with a copy of the message that triggered the
> reject?
> 
> 
> I have the same problem with a customer of mine, some sender are on
> blacklisted ip bloc or blacklisted ISP mail server, and the mails are
> quietly rejected by MailScanner, but these mails are GOOD and must be
> delivered OR the sender MUST BE notified by the no-delivery and why !
> 
> If MailScanner is not able to do that my customer want disabled it and
> prefer to use a Windows anti-spam app on each desktop because it's MORE
> IMPORTANT for my customer, to notify the sender than to think the mail
> was delivered when it's not, 2 days ago he loosed an important mail from
> its lawyer because of that.
> 
> Sam.
> 
> 
> 
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