Problem on whitelist/blacklist rules

[Steve Campbell]

Yes, that's right. Just add the sender to the blacklist file.

The last line should be the default line in both files. I've seen different opinions on where it can be placed, but I always thought the lists were a "first find" type search-and-match, so the default makes sense at the end. 

Steve Campbell
campbell at cnpapers.com
Charleston Newspapers


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: spart cus 
  To: MailScanner discussion 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:53 PM
  Subject: Re: Problem on whitelist/blacklist rules




  Steve Campbell <campbell at cnpapers.com> wrote:
    No, you're overlooking the blacklist part. The whitelist "no" parm you used for "test" indicates that it is not whitelisted and must go through the normal steps of any other email. You need to add test to the blacklist to make it definitely spam.

    You should use your example in a circumstance where you might whitelist an entire domain, but want only the "test" address "not" to be whitelisted. For example:

    In whiteli! st file
    FromOrTo:    test at domain.com    no
    FromOrTo:    *@domain.com    yes

    In blacklist file
    FromOrTo:    test at domain.com    yes

    This would exclude the "test" address from whitelisting but whitelist everyone else in that domain . The blacklist would make "test" definitely spam. The "no" in the white/black list is used mostly for exclusions, the "yes" is for inclusion, for the white or black list file it is inside of.

    By removing both entries above from the whitelist and keeping the blacklist rule, you would be changing the strategy only for the *@domain.com , as now everyone but "test" would be required to pass your rules before it is delivered. As stands above, everyone but "test" automatically passes.

    Clear? or more confusing?

    Steve Campbell
    campbell at cnpapers.com
    Charleston Newspapers




  Hi Steve,
  Got some part of it. Since im getting some spam mails, i just want to block certain sender. If thats the case then i would just add it on the blacklil! st file. Is this correct ?


  In blacklist file
  FromOrTo:    test at domain.com    yes   # blacklist this sender

  FromOrTo:    default                        no   >>> ? Do i have to put these on the last line of my blacklist.rules ???

  tia





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