OT: SA rule to catch multiple subject lines

[Steven Andrews]

Many thanks.  I cheated and did a + on the meta.  It's not proper form I suppose since you can only have one subject line but it did work.

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From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Kevin Miller
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 12:38 PM
To: 'MailScanner discussion'
Subject: RE: OT: SA rule to catch multiple subject lines

Just replace the && with || and you'll be golden:

I.e.
    meta   junksubject    (__junksubject1 && __junksubject2)
becomes
    meta   junksubject    (__junksubject1 || __junksubject2)

HTH...

...Kevin
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From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Steven Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 1:54 PM
To: 'MailScanner discussion'
Subject: RE: OT: SA rule to catch multiple subject lines



Hmmmm....actually, wont the && test for both to be true?  I think I need some kind of OR statement, or would a + do?



From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Steve Campbell
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:59 AM
To: MailScanner discussion
Subject: Re: OT: SA rule to catch multiple subject lines





On 6/29/2010 9:32 AM, Steven Andrews wrote:

I'm probably doing this the hard way.  I have a client that likes to block by subject lines.  So far, I've been writing a new rule for each subject line they want to block or putting a "|" in the match for multiple subjects.  I found out that there's a limit to how many times you can use that before the rule doesn't fire anymore...probably on the length of the line.



I'd like to find a better way to write the rule, something along the lines:



Header                 junksubject        Subject =~ /junk subject 1/i

Header                 junksubject        Subject =~ /junk subject 2/i

Score                     junksubject        20.0

Describe              junksubject        blocked subject lines



Although writing the rule this way doesn't seem to work...it catches nothing.



Should I be making this more like a meta rule or is there a smarter way to do it?



Thanks for any direction you can provide.



Steve


Try something like this:

Header                __ junksubject1        Subject =~ /junk subject 1/i

Header                __ junksubject2        Subject =~ /junk subject 2/i



meta                     junksubject    (__junksubject1 && __junksubject2)
Score                     junksubject        20.0

Describe              junksubject        blocked subject lines

Steve Campbell

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