How to add X-Spam-Status?

[Ugo Bellavance]

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Randal, Phil wrote:
> MailScanner mailing list wrote:
> 
>>Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
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>>>Ugo Bellavance wrote:
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>>>>Smirnov, Sergey wrote:
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>>>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>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).

Makes sense...

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


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