On (12/11/03 20:53), Brian Walker wrote: > 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? Some people on the list have used mailfilter successfully to filter swen (without limiting size). There have been a number of mailfilterrc files posted and should be available through the archive.
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