Filter incoming mail from "real name" section of From address.

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Fri Apr 3 09:29:02 IST 2009


You can do this in your MTA. Read up on filtering by header content in 
whatever MTA you're using. I know sendmail can do it, and I'm 99% sure 
both Postfix and Exim can do it too.

On 2/4/09 22:28, Chuck Rock wrote:
> Is there a way to filter the mail based on the "real name" part of the address?
>
> I keep getting these stupid MensHealth.com E-mails. The MensHealth.com part is
> not in the actual E-mail address though.
>
> Such as: MensHealth.com [bill at fred.com]
>
> I'm not using SpamAssassin, just MailScanner with antivirus.
>
> I was hoping for a rule-set or something to tweak for these.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>    

Jules

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