redirecting

[Alex Neuman van der Hans]

I think it would be something like:

:0:
* ^X-Spam-Status: yes
$HOME/mail/Junk\ E-mail

But maybe that means that if someone even *mentions* "X-Spam-Status: 
yes" in the body of a message, it'll get flagged. Any suggestions?

Alex Neuman van der Hans wrote:
> I'm working on the procmail script. I'll keep you posted.
>
>
> ecj at telpacific.com.au wrote:
>> Thanks for the reply guys. What I want to do is make the filtering on the
>> server side. I'm running imap so like yahoo/hotmail, junk emails will
>> automatically go to their 'junk' folder and users can access them either
>> with their client using IMAP or webmail.
>> So what do you think is better to do:
>> 1. Just prepend the subject with like: Subject: Probable Spam <Original
>> Subject>
>> 2. Add an extra header like: X-Spam = Y/N
>> Then in either way, emails will be scanned and if found to be spam, will
>> go to the junk folder.
>> So you think the best way to filter this is thru procmail? Oh wait, I'm
>> using MySQL to auth users BTW.
>>
>> Cheers.
>> Edward
>>
>>
>>   
>>> You may also be able to do this with MailScanner + a procmail script
>>> (someone please correct/enlighten me about something like this).
>>>
>>> Now that I think of it, could someone post a procmail recipe (or help
>>> with googling one from somewhere) that would automagically put
>>> everything that MailScanner marks as SPAM into a Junk folder?
>>>
>>> shuttlebox wrote:
>>>     
>>>> On 2/22/06, *ecj at telpacific.com.au <mailto:ecj at telpacific.com.au>*
>>>> <ecj at telpacific.com.au <mailto:ecj at telpacific.com.au>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     Hello all. It's my first post.
>>>>     I haven't read all the docs on MailScanner yet because I want to
>>>>     make sure
>>>>     that what I am planning to do is possible. I've just been on this
>>>>     job for
>>>>     almost a month and I was assigned this project. What my boss wants
>>>>     is to
>>>>     redirect all spam mails intended for a select list of users' 'junk
>>>>     folder.' Much the same way as Yahoo and Hotmail.
>>>>     Can this be done thru MailScanner?
>>>>     Sorry again. I just need a quick answer before I delve into the
>>>>     mailing
>>>>     list archives and documentations.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you mean a local junk folder in your mail client you need to set it
>>>> up with a filter, all mail clients can do that (Outlook/Thunderbird
>>>> and so on). MailScanner can add X-headers and/or changes in the
>>>> subject line ({Spam?} at the start) for it to trigger on. You can also
>>>> sort on spam score.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> /peter
>>>>       
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>>
>>
>>   
>
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>
> Alex Neuman van der Hans
> N&K Technology Consultants
> Tel. +507 214-9002 - http://nkpanama.com/

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Alex Neuman van der Hans
N&K Technology Consultants
Tel. +507 214-9002 - http://nkpanama.com/

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