Subj : Re: email.can additions
To   : Time Warrior
From : Digital Man
Date : Fri Sep 23 2005 02:00 pm

  Re: Re: email.can additions
  By: Time Warrior to Digital Man on Fri Sep 23 2005 11:37 am

 > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 > 
 >   To: Digital Man
 >   Re: Re: email.can additions
 >   By: Digital Man to Time Warrior on Fri Sep 23 2005 04:00 am
 > 
 >  >  >  >  > I would like to know/understand how the filter works. I still re
 >  >  >  >  > spam messages from "@optonline.com" even though the domain is in
 >  >  >  >  > email.can file. :(
 > 
 >  >  >  > You need to specify "*@optonline.com" if you wish to filter all e-m
 >  >  >  > addresses from that domain.
 > 
 >  >  > I use *.domain.com and this "appears" to work also.
 > 
 >  > Probably not as you intended. If "*.domain.com" is in your host.can file,
 >  > example, it would disallow connections from "somehost.domain.com", but wo
 >  > *allow* connections from "domain.com". If you "*.domain.com" is in your
 >  > email.can file, for example, it would disallow e-mail messages from
 >  > "someuser@somehost.domain.com", but would *allow* e-mail from
 >  > "someuser@domain.com".
 > 
 > OK cool most of my entries should be fine then.

Really? Maybe you didn't understand what i said. If you have *.spammer.com in
your email.can file, you mail server will *allow* e-mail from
"anyone@spammer.com". Is that what you inteded?

 >  >  >  > Personally, I think filtering *strictly* on SMTP server addresses, 
 >  >  >  > envelopes, or mail header content is not very effective. The body o
 >  >  >  > message must be included in the filtering process for it to be trul
 >  >  >  > and this is were utilities like POPfile come into play.
 > 
 >  >  > Will this ever be a Synchronet feature?
 > 
 >  > Likely. Probably in form of a external mail processor script.
 > 
 > Cool deal.
 > 
 >  >  > Sounds interesting.
 > 
 >  > The hooks are already there for it. In the mean-time, there's POPfile.
 > 
 > Hooks into POPfile via Synchronet, i'm presuming.

No. POPfile is used a POP3-proxy between your mail client and the mail server
(in this case Synchronet). There are no "hooks" necessary.

                                                  digital man

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