Watermark and User Notification
Donnie D. Quindardo
donnieq at quindardonet.net
Fri Jun 13 06:19:19 IST 2008
Message 3EDEA100004C.D62FF from 0.0.0.0 has no (or invalid) watermark or
sender address
Hmmm. :-)
Donnie D. Quindardo wrote:
> Unfortunately, this is not working.
>
> /etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf:
>
> Scan Messages = %rules-dir%/scan.rules
>
> /etc/MailScanner/rules/scan.rules:
>
> From: 127.0.0.1/32 no
> FromOrTo: default yes
>
> The notification message sent by "Notify Senders" if their attachments
> are blocked is still being flagged as spam.
>
> Please advise,
>
> Don Q.
>
>
> Julian Field wrote:
>>
>>
>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>> on 6-12-2008 1:26 PM Julian Field spake the following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Scott Silva wrote:
>>>>> on 6-12-2008 1:10 PM Julian Field spake the following:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Donnie D. Quindardo wrote:
>>>>>>> - Configure MailScanner to notify users that their attachments
>>>>>>> have been blocked.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Configure MailScanner to use Watermarks and note that messages
>>>>>>> that have no sender and no watermark are spam.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Send an e-mail through MailScanner with an attachment that is
>>>>>>> banned, perhaps "test.com".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Look in the spam quarantine of MailScanner, the notification
>>>>>>> e-mail that is sent to the user is there. That's because it is
>>>>>>> sent with an envelope address of <> and does not get a
>>>>>>> MailScanner Signature beforehand.
>>>>>> In which case you just need to use a ruleset to exempt mail from
>>>>>> 127.0.0.1 from watermarking checks. Should I do this automatically
>>>>>> in the code, or are there situations in which this isn't the
>>>>>> desired behaviour?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jules
>>>>>>
>>>>> Does a ruleset on scan messages also cover this, or is watermarking
>>>>> outside that catch-all?
>>>> You don't need to do anything that radical, you just need a ruleset
>>>> on the option that controls the checking of watermarks.
>>>>
>>>> Jules
>>>>
>>> Let me re-phrase this... If you already have a rule in scan messages
>>> for mailwatch releases, will it also cover the watermark code?
>> If the rule is on "Scan Messages" then yes, it will cover everything.
>>
>> Jules
>>
>
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