Ruleset Woe {Scanned by Allteks Mailsafe}

[Martin.Hepworth]

Nope

Same rules apply for the default line as to all others....

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Martin Hepworth
Snr Systems Administrator
Solid State Logic
Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Paul Houselander
> Sent: 16 October 2007 11:04
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: RE: Ruleset Woe {Scanned by Allteks Mailsafe}
>
> I didnt think the default statement worked like that? My understanding was
> it would scan through and if there was no other match the default would
> apply?
>
> If it worked the way you describe no mail on my system would be scanned as
> both the default statements in my rulesets are the 1st entries and both
> default to No.
>
> Im running MailScanner 4.64.3 if that makes any difference
>
> Cheers
>
> Paul
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> > [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info]On Behalf Of
> > Martin.Hepworth
> > Sent: 16 October 2007 10:54
> > To: MailScanner discussion
> > Subject: RE: Ruleset Woe {Scanned by Allteks Mailsafe}
> >
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > The default line needs to go last.
> >
> > MS works through the rulesets till it find a hit then stops.
> >
> > If it finds a default line first if will never evaluate any rule
> > after that.
> >
> > --
> > Martin Hepworth
> > Snr Systems Administrator
> > Solid State Logic
> > Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
> > > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Paul Houselander
> > > Sent: 16 October 2007 10:50
> > > To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> > > Subject: Ruleset Woe
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I thought I had a decent handle on how rulesets worked but now im not
> so
> > > sure.
> > >
> > > I have a script that runs on a server that sends a daily csv file
> > > containing
> > > info about all the mail thats been blocked for a particluar domain.
> > >
> > > Since I started using the sane security clam definitions this mail
> keeps
> > > getting flagged as a virus.
> > >
> > > Ive tried to use rulesets to exclude this particluar email from being
> > > virus
> > > checked
> > >
> > > I have these rulesets set up
> > >
> > > Scan Messages = %rules-dir%/scan.messages.rules
> > > Virus Scanning = %rules-dir%/virus.scanning.rules
> > >
> > > The Email is sent from the local machine (127.0.0.1) and From:
> > > admin at domain.com To: paul at differentdomain.com
> > >
> > > Ive tried the following in scan.messages.rules
> > >
> > > FromOrTo:	default	no
> > > From:	admin at domain.com	no
> > > FromOrTo:	*@differentdomain.com	yes
> > >
> > > But the message gets scanned (I want all other email scanned for the
> > > domain)
> > >
> > > I also tried
> > >
> > > FromOrTo:	default	no
> > > From:	127.0.0.1	no
> > > From:	admin at domain.com	no
> > > FromOrTo:	*@differentdomain.com	yes
> > >
> > > and the message still got scanned.
> > >
> > > I then tried in virus.scanning.rules
> > >
> > > FromOrTo:	default	no
> > > From:	127.0.0.1	AND	To:	*@differentdomain.com	no
> > > From:	admin at domain.com	AND	To:
> > *@differentdomain.com	no
> > > FromOrTo:	*@differentdomain.com	yes
> > >
> > > and still the message got scanned (I am doing MailScanner reload after
> > > each
> > > edit)
> > >
> > > Any ideals on what im doing wrong.
> > >
> > > Kind Regards
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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