2 spam checking issues...

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Mon Mar 28 22:03:38 IST 2005


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Bob Jones wrote:

> Julian Field wrote:
>
>>
>> There is an option in MailScanner.conf which may well achieve the
>> settings you want:
>>
>> # When trying to work out the value of configuration parameters which
>> are
>> # using a ruleset, this controls the behaviour when a rule is
>> checking the
>> # "To:" addresses.
>> # If this option is set to "yes", then the following happens when
>> checking
>> # the ruleset:
>> #   a) 1 recipient. Same behaviour as normal.
>> #   b) Several recipients, but all in the same domain (domain.com for
>> example).
>> #      The rules are checked for one that matches the string
>> "*@domain.com".
>> #   c) Several recipients, not all in the same domain.
>> #      The rules are checked for one that matches the string "*@*".
>> #
>> # If this option is set to "no", then some rules will use the result
>> they
>> # get from the first matching rule for any of the recipients of a
>> message,
>> # so the exact value cannot be predicted for messages with more than 1
>> # recipient.
>> #
>> # This value *cannot* be the filename of a ruleset.
>> Use Default Rules With Multiple Recipients = no
>
>
> Does this also affect the CC: and BCC: addresses?

Yes. Cc and Bcc addresses are just more recipients, as far as the
envelope is concerned.

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