How to add X-Spam-Status?

[Randal, Phil]

MailScanner mailing list wrote:
> Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
>> Ugo Bellavance wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Smirnov, Sergey wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> But it should be different in spam and not spam messages I changed
>>>> MailScanner.conf: 
>>>> 
>>>> Spam Header = X-Spam-Status:
>>>> 
>>>> and /etc/MailScanner/reports/en/languages.conf:
>>>> 
>>>> Spam = Yes
>>>> NotSpam = No
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> Can one insert headers that will give Thunderbird or Outlook a clue
>> about "spam" or "nonspam", without setting up rules? I know
>> Outlook2k3 has a "junk mail" feature, and so does Thunderbird. I
>> don't use it since I have MailScanner for that; but it would be good
>> to implement something that would "tell" or "suggest" O2k3 and TB
>> that a message is in fact (or isn't) spam.
>> 
> 
> Maybe this would help, for T-bird.
> 
> http://www.eyrich-net.org/mozilla/X-Mozilla-Status.html?en
> 
> I don't know for O2k3.

That Thunderbird / Mozilla Mail bug was fixed ages ago:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196749

It is a BAD idea to be able to add headers to messages indictating that
they are ham, not spam.  If you don't understand why, imagine thousands
of spam emails flooding your inbox just because they contain the magical
header (which they all would, if such an exploit were possible).

Cheers,

Phil

----
Phil Randal
Network Engineer
Herefordshire Council
Hereford, UK

------------------------ MailScanner list ------------------------
To unsubscribe, email jiscmail at jiscmail.ac.uk with the words:
'leave mailscanner' in the body of the email.
Before posting, read the Wiki (http://wiki.mailscanner.info/) and
the archives (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/mailscanner.html).

Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!