Ruleset Woe

[Julian Field]

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Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> Paul
>
> The default line needs to go last.
>   
Not true. Doesn't matter where the default line goes.
> MS works through the rulesets till it find a hit then stops.
>   
True. It uses the default value if *no* other rules hit.
> If it finds a default line first if will never evaluate any rule after that.
>   
Not true, see above.
> --
> 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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