Ruleset patterns...

[Philip Butler]

Ahhh - I didn't see the README.  I was looking at the docs online  
(wiki).

Thanks Julian !!!

Phil


On Apr 4, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Julian Field wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
>
>
>
> Philip Butler wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I don't think this is possible, but I thought I'd ask anyway....
>>
>> In a MailScanner ruleset, is it possible to use a netmask in a  
>> pattern ??
> Of course!
>
> It supports several different formats.
> Cut straight from /etc/MailScanner/rules/README, here they are:
>    192.168.21.        # Any SMTP client IP address in this network
>    192.168.21        # Any SMTP client IP address in this network
>    192.168.21.0/255.255.255.0 # Any SMTP client IP address in this  
> network
>    192.168.21.0/24        # Any SMTP client IP address in this network
>    /pattern-with-no-letters/ # Any SMTP client IP address matching  
> this
>                  # Perl regular expression
>    /^192\.168\.1[4567]\./    # Any SMTP client IP address in the  
> networks
>                # 192.168.14 - 192.168.17
>
>>
>> For example:
>>
>>    From:    10.0.0.0/255.255.252.0    yes
>>
>> I know that this could be expanded to multiple lines and I see things
>> like:
>>
>>    /^192\.168\.1[4567]\./
>>
>> in the documentation, but it would be much easier to read with an
>> ip/netmask format.
>>
>> Please excuse me if I am off-base.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Phil
>>
>
> Jules
>
> - --
> Julian Field MEng CITP CEng
> www.MailScanner.info
> Buy the MailScanner book at www.MailScanner.info/store
>
> Need help customising MailScanner?
> Contact me!
> Need help fixing or optimising your systems?
> Contact me!
> Need help getting you started solving new requirements from your boss?
> Contact me!
>
> PGP footprint: EE81 D763 3DB0 0BFD E1DC 7222 11F6 5947 1415 B654
>
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: PGP Desktop 9.8.2 (Build 3005)
> Comment: (pgp-secured)
> Charset: ISO-8859-1
>
> wj8DBQFH9kNiEfZZRxQVtlQRApA4AJ9q69qw/aVrvPP+1skSDDr6RglPgwCeI1nS
> H48KEvdVvS6wfAz6wypop/4=
> =7e7t
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> -- 
> This message has been scanned for viruses and
> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
> believed to be clean.
>
> --
> MailScanner mailing list
> mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
> http://lists.mailscanner.info/mailman/listinfo/mailscanner
>
> Before posting, read http://wiki.mailscanner.info/posting
>
> Support MailScanner development - buy the book off the website!