On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:10:18 +0800, kmark+debian wrote:
> On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > >> csj wrote: >> > Before I file a bug report, I'd like to confirm the behavior I >> > describe below. >> > >> > I have in my my ~/.mailfilterrc a DENY rule for "^Subject:.*Test" and >> > ALLOW rules for "marssociety" and "marssocietynewsletter": >> > >> > $ grep -Ei 'test|marssociety' ~/.mailfilterrc DENY=^Subject:.*Test >> > ALLOW=^To:.*marssocietynewsletter >> > ALLOW=^Reply-To:.*marssociety >> > ALLOW=^Subject:.*marssociety >> > >> > I found out this morning that an email with the word "Contest" in the >> > Subject was deleted by mailfilter (according to my log). The email >> > also had "[marssocietynewsletter]" in the Subject and I suspect, >> > given the format of previous communications, also "marssociety" in >> > the Reply-To. The email therefore should have passed two of my ALLOW >> > rules. >> > >> > Shouldn't the ALLOW rule (allow all emails with "marssociety" in the >> > Subject) take precedence over the DENY rule (delete all emails >> > containing with the word or word part "test")? >> > >> > >> > >> I don't know much about mailfilter, but it seems as though the rules >> are being applied in the order encountered. You may need to move yoru >> DENY rule to a position after the ALLOW rules. Just a thought. >> >> -Roberto >> > Hi, > Since swen, I started using mailfiter with differing degrees of success. > I tried to look at the basic docs and there is no explicit mention of > the way the rules are evaluated. top down, bottom up, allow then deny, > etc. Unless someone knows of docs i've missed, i'd say peek at the > source. > -Kev > I set up mailfilter in response to swen. I found that the ponly way to stop them was by limiting size. All other rules set in DENY or ALLOW seemed to be non-functional. In the end, I unset the size command, put a local rule for spamassassin in ~./spamassassin/user_preferences/local.cf for this: score MICROSOFT_EXECUTABLE 10 Now then - why were the .mailfilterrc rules unable to screen the crap? All the best, Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
