SQLWhitelist for content.scanning.rules

[Julian Field]

On 13/11/08 17:40, Kit Wong wrote:
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> On 13/11/08 14:55, Kit Wong wrote:
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>> Hi All
>> I was wondering whether there is a way to use&SQLWhitelist to skip
>> scanning of messages?
>>
>> I currently have to manually put it in content.scanning.rules to skip
>> scanning altogether. I have users that do not what any of their emails
>> scanned when they send.
>>
>> In MailScanner.conf
>> Is Definitely Not Spam =&SQLWhitelist
>> Works fine
>>
>> But if I put
>> Scan Message =&SQLWhitelist
>>
>>      
> I assume your real conf file has
> Scan Messages =&SQLWhitelist
> in it, and not "Scan Message" ?
>
> And what do you mean by
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>> It doesn't work.
>>      
> Have you tried evaluating the configuration option for various different
> addresses to see what it says? Start with "MailScanner --help" and use
> the command-line options to query the value for various different from
> addresses.
>
> Also, what did "MailScanner --lint" say?
>    
>>    The rules all look the same to me!!
>> Does any have a modified pm file that will make this work>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>>
>> Kit Wong
>>
>>      
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> Jules
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> My real conf file has Scan Messages = content.scanning.rules
>    
That's wrong, you haven't told it the directory name. It should say
Scan Messages = %rules-dir%/content.scanning.rules
> which has been working fine.
> From:<tab>127.0.0.1<tab>no
>    
They don't need to be tabs. The only time you need tabs is in 
filename.rules.conf and filetype.rules.conf.
> etc
> etc
>
> This skips any scanning from that ip.
>
> I am trying to use the MailWatch function&SQLWhitelist to skip scanning rather than whitelist.
>
> When I do change it to&SQLWhitelist no messages are scanned. They all get skipped.
>
> Hope this makes sense.
>
> TIA
>
> Kit
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