Filter by IP

Steve Campbell campbell at cnpapers.com
Thu Sep 20 13:27:13 IST 2012


This isn't a DOS, instead of a UNIX file, perhaps? Was it created and 
modified on the server or did you copy it from a Windows machine? Do you 
need to run dos2unix on it?

steve campbell
On 9/19/2012 3:01 PM, Steve Campbell wrote:
> Are you certain you didn't type ";" instead of ":" in you rule file? 
> It sort of indicates that one of your lines needs that ":" in it
>
> steve campbell
> On 9/19/2012 2:25 PM, Sampson, Aaron wrote:
>>
>> I did make sure that the capitalization was the same through it all 
>> and that everything was spaced out the same as well, still got the 
>> same error message.  Did discover that everything seemed to be 
>> working properly with Mail Scanner until I attempted to send out an 
>> e-mail from one of the domains that I had listed.  Once that e-mail 
>> attempted to go through the system the syntax error appeared.
>>
>> *From:*mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] *On Behalf Of 
>> *Martin Hepworth
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:47 AM
>> *To:* MailScanner discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: Filter by IP
>>
>> have you made sure there no tab's in that ruleset.
>> check out the examples in the examples dir and here.
>>
>> http://wiki.mailscanner.info/doku.php?id=documentation:configuration:rulesets:examples&s=rules
>>
>> yes you'll need the default entry , try making sure the 
>> capitalisasion is consistent with the examples as welll.
>>
>> To: @domain1.com <http://domain1.com> deliver
>> To: @domain2.com <http://domain2.com> deliver
>> From: ip.address        store
>> FromOrTo: default       deliver
>>
>> -- 
>> Martin Hepworth, CISSP
>> Oxford, UK
>>
>> On 19 September 2012 16:00, Sampson, Aaron <Sampson at p2sol.com 
>> <mailto:Sampson at p2sol.com>> wrote:
>>
>> Alex,
>>
>> So I tried out your suggestion and put in a a ruleset in the non-spam 
>> actions. rules that read
>> to: *@domain1.com <http://domain1.com> deliver
>> to: *@domain2.com <http://domain2.com> deliver
>> from: ip.address        store
>> and then when that did not work added
>> fromorTo: default       deliver
>>
>> Still did not work and all e-mails coming into the company were lost 
>> (dang it) and I kept getting an error message saying   Syntax error 
>> in "header" action in spam actions,
>> missing ":" in etc/MailScanner/rules/non.spam.rules
>>
>> We have checked and rechecked the rule-set pattern to see if we 
>> missed something and have tried a few things and nothing has worked 
>> so far.  We would like to not have to set up an additional smtp 
>> server to take care of this issue so any additional thoughts would be 
>> great, or let me know if you need/want any additional information
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
>> <mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info> 
>> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info 
>> <mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info>] On Behalf Of 
>> Alex Neuman
>> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 12:41 PM
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: Filter by IP
>>
>> You can probably add the test server's IP to the spam whitelist, then 
>> add a "non-spam actions" ruleset that says something like:
>>
>> To:allowed.domain.com <http://allowed.domain.com> deliver
>> To:allowed2.domain.com <http://allowed2.domain.com> deliver
>> From:xx.xx.xx.xx store
>>
>> That way, the first two domains "hit" and "deliver" the e-mails, 
>> while anything else from the test server will be "stored" - you could 
>> use "delete" but just in case use "store" so you can release them if 
>> necessary.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Sampson, Aaron <Sampson at p2sol.com 
>> <mailto:Sampson at p2sol.com>> wrote:
>> > I am running Centos 6 with Postfix/mailscanner 4.84.5 with Spam
>> > Assassin and Clamd and I have a Test server that I am trying to
>> > prevent from e-mailing anyone outside 2 certain domains.  I have been
>> > trying to figure out the best way to set this up so that it does not
>> > interfere with the production servers or regular e-mails.  But not 
>> really clear on the best way to set this up.
>> >
>> > I thought about trying to put something in whitelist.rules but want to
>> > have a clear plan of attack before I try anything to prevent
>> > disruption of normal e-mails.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Wanting to do something like
>> >
>> > When From: ip.tst.srv.add           Only Allow to send to: 
>> our.domain.com <http://our.domain.com> &
>> > this domain.com <http://domain.com> (and block anything not to that 
>> domain)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Aaron Sampson
>> >
>> > IT Department
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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