ArchiveMail Exclusions

[Julian Field]

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Stephen Conway wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have a small problem, for some reason my spam actions changes are not
> being applied.  I have killed MailScanner, then restarted it, but still not
> catching:
>
> To:     user at domain.com        forward spam at domain.com
> FromOrTo:	default	store
>
> If I change to add the above rule, it is still always storing and no message
> goes to spam at domain.com
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
> Field
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:02 PM
> To: MailScanner discussion
> Subject: Re: ArchiveMail Exclusions
>
> You need to implement your ruleset as part of your Custom Function.
> Which means you'll need to find out how to add forwardeduser at domain.com 
> to the list of message recipients. Take a look at the top of Message.pm 
> and you'll see the message object properties list. There should be one 
> there called "extrarecipients", which you should be able to add to. 
> Also, read the function "HandleHamAndSpam" and you'll see how the spam 
> actions are implemented. You need to copy bits of that functionality 
> into your Custom Function.
>
> Hope that's enough to get you started.
>
> You can use a ruleset from inside a Custom Function, I worked out how to 
> do that. But doing it the other way around is not so simple.
>
> Good luck!
> Jules.
>
>
> Stephen Conway wrote:
>   
>> Hello:
>>
>> Ok, I am trying now to do what I need but with Non-Spam-Actions.  I have
>>     
> the
>   
>> forwarding working but there is one problem.  We already have a custom
>> function called "FleetActions" which is our default action for non-SPAM.
>>     
> If
>   
>> I specify this function as the action for Non-Spam in the MailScanner.conf
>> as follows:
>>
>> Non Spam Actions = &FleetActions
>>
>> Then all works as it should, our custom function in CustomConfig.pm gets
>> called.  But, if I try to put it instead to a ruleset file as:
>>
>> Non Spam Actions = /opt/MailScanner/etc/rules/message.nonspam.rules
>>
>> Which is:
>>
>> From:   *@domain.com   and     To:     someuser at otherdomain.com
>> fowardeduser at domain.com
>> FromOrTo:       default &FleetActions
>>
>> The messages that should be forwarded are working perfectly, the problem
>>     
> is
>   
>> that our custom function now doesn't get called and an error goes in log
>>     
> as
>   
>> follows:
>>
>> " Message l8IIKrLi013637 produced illegal Non-Spam Action "&fleetactions",
>> so message is being delivered"
>>
>> So I guess the question is, is there a way inside a ruleset file for Non
>> Spam Actions to specify a custom function found in CustomConfig.pm?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
>> Field
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 12:55 PM
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: ArchiveMail Exclusions
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Conway wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> Hello Julien:
>>>
>>> Yes, sorry I think I wasn't clear what I was asking.  I know that if you
>>> enter as an action here an e-mail address that messages will go to that
>>> e-mail.  But as I have seen, this sends a 'copy' of the message to the
>>> address (meaning that a copy still goes to the original recipient).  Is
>>> there a way for example, putting a ! in front of the address, where the
>>> message is actually forwarded (not copy) to the other address?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Do that with non-spam actions, spam actions and high-scoring spam actions.
>>   
>>     
>>> Also, I have another item as well.  I have blacklist file, and it seems
>>>     
>>>       
>> that
>>   
>>     
>>> if MailScanner sees another 'X-Spam: No' flag in the message, that it
>>>       
> will
>   
>>> not block the message even if on the black list.  Any way to bypass this,
>>>     
>>>       
>> to
>>   
>>     
>>> make MailScanner scan for Spam even if the message has been scanned by
>>> another Relay server before?
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> That's not happening. MailScanner doesn't rely on *anything* in the 
>> headers to control scanning, as everything in the headers can be forged 
>> by a spammer or virus writer.
>>   
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
>>> Field
>>> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 9:55 AM
>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>> Subject: Re: ArchiveMail Exclusions
>>>
>>> As it says right at the top of the comment about Archive Mail =, you can 
>>> include
>>>
>>> # Space-separated list of any combination of
>>> # 1. email addresses to which mail should be forwarded,
>>> # 2. directory names where you want mail to be stored,
>>> # 3. file names (they must already exist!) to which mail will be appended
>>> #    in "mbox" format suitable for most Unix mail systems.
>>>
>>> Stephen Conway wrote:
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> Hello Julien:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks very much for that.  Seems to work OK.
>>>>
>>>> One other question, is there a way using ArchiveMail to forward messages
>>>> instead of just make an archive?
>>>>
>>>> Ex:
>>>>
>>>> To:	*@domain.com	!somegroupmailbox at otherdomain.com
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian
>>>> Field
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 4:57 PM
>>>> To: MailScanner discussion
>>>> Subject: Re: ArchiveMail Exclusions
>>>>
>>>> Stephen,
>>>>
>>>> Stephen Conway wrote:
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> Hello:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the requirement to archive mail for some senders to a certain
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> address
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> but not if certain senders are matched, I have put the following but it
>>>>> still always archives, any way to configure this?
>>>>>
>>>>> From:   *@dontcopydomain.com     and     To:     @domaintobecopied.com
>>>>> no
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> That will attempt to archive the mail to a directory called "no" which 
>>>> isn't what you meant. To archive nothing, you just leave it blank, so 
>>>> this is what you meant:
>>>> From: dontcopydomain.com and to: domaintobecopied.com
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> From:	*@*	and	To:     @domaintobecopied.com
>>>>> usertobecopied at otherdomain.com
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> That (the second line) is the same as saying
>>>> To: domaintobecopied.com usertobecopied at otherdomain.com
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>>>> This type of logic works well for the Max Message size rules, to have
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>> size
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>>>>> restrictions for certain domains than others, but for this ruleset file
>>>>> which is type (AllMatch) as per docs, it doesn't use same logic.
>>>>>   
>>>>>     
>>>>>       
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Correct, as it's an "AllMatch". This means that it will archive to all 
>>>> of the places and addresses specified by all the matching rules. That 
>>>> seemed a sensible thing to do at the time, and I still believe is what 
>>>> most people will want.
>>>>
>>>> If you want to make it a FirstMatch, edit 
>>>> /usr/lib/MailScanner/MailScanner/ConfigDefs.pl and move this line:
>>>> ArchiveMail
>>>> from the [All,Other] section to the [First,Other] section.
>>>> Then restart MailScanner, and you will have changed the logic it uses. 
>>>> Dead easy.
>>>> Remember to re-apply the change when you next upgrade MailScanner, as 
>>>> changes you make to that file will be lost during the upgrade process.
>>>>
>>>> Jules
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>     
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> Jules
>>>
>>>   
>>>     
>>>       
>> Jules
>>
>>   
>>     
>
> Jules
>
>   

Jules

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