Request for comments

[Alex Neuman]

Alex Broens wrote:
> On 7/19/2007 11:56 PM, Alex Neuman wrote:
>>
>>
>> Julian Field wrote:
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>>> I am wondering if it would help if I added "Subject" to the list of 
>>> things you could use in rulesets.
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>>> Would it be useful?
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>> Incredibly so. One of the major headaches for newbies consists of 
>> users calling in and complaining about "so and so can't send me 
>> messages", with no means for you to know even the slightest of details.
>
> Does "Can't send" equal "message tagged as spam" or "stuck in 
> quarantine"?
>
> These problems are usually at SMTP level.
>
Not all the time.
>> The ability to whitelist, for example, based on Subject or any other 
>> particular header at the MailScanner level would allow some messages 
>> to make it through in an emergency. The rule could then be changed so 
>> it wouldn't be abused.
>
> what of this can't be done already?
>
All of it, with the same level of flexibility as MailScanner. It's been 
detailed in another message in this thread.
> Among others, SA can, for example:
>
> whitelist_subject NICE*BLAH
> blacklist_subject UGLY*BLAH
> header rules
> body rules
> rawbody rules
> full rules
> shortcircuiting rules
>
Which, IMHO, are nowhere near as intuitive and flexible (not to mention 
elegant) as Julian's rulesets.
> dunno... I think newbiews (I include myself as well) already have an 
> arsenal of tools. If these are not thoroughly used, more tools won't 
> make their life any happier.
>
> whatever... it's Julian's call anyway.
>
> Alex
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