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Re: * ! ^FROM_DAEMON: User configurable Definition?

2002-09-28 05:38:03
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, John Cottingham wrote:

JC> The first line in evaluations should be:
JC>
JC> *  ! ^FROM_DAEMON
JC>
JC> But the definition when it expands includes some words that crafty
JC> spammers are using in their reply-to including "owner" and "bounce".
JC>
JC> How can we prevent loops and still cause the evaluations to be tested?
JC>

I have long since concluded that using anything to do with addresses to
filter spam is almost always a waste of time.  By the time your mail hits
the daemon test, you need to have filtered out the spam.



Alan

( Please do not email me AS WELL as replying to the list. Personal
  email is welcome but may invoke a password autoresponder. )


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