Whitelisting and clearing previous spam related headers

Steve Freegard steve.freegard at fsl.com
Wed Sep 16 14:05:34 IST 2009


Garith Dugmore wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Is there a way to clear all spam related headers (specifically
> "X-Spam-Level") if an email is whitelisted?
> 
> I'm running MailScanner 4.66.5 and mailwatch with sql whitelists. Also
> have the following set (if it helps):
> 
> Is Definitely Not Spam = &SQLWhitelist
> Always Include SpamAssassin Report = yes
> Multiple Headers = replace
> 
> The problem I have currently is the email is whitelisted but
> "X-Spam-Level" is left intact (from another spam assassin enabled remote
> mail server) which makes my server side filter (sieve) think its spam
> and not a normal mail.
> 
> I've read Steve Freegard's email "Re: mailscanner whitelist
> (SQLWhitelist)" on the "05/05/2009 17:30" about the "Always Include
> SpamAssassin Report" setting but not sure this will solve my problem as
> I still want spam reports and also I don't know if this would actually
> clear the previous added "X-Spam-Level". Before I start making changes
> on a live system I thought I'd ask :)
> 
> Any pointers?

See the 'Remove These Headers' option in MailScanner.conf.

Regards,
Steve.


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