Hi,
Can I use something like this to in spamassassin/local.cf to block mail from
one a list to one particular user.
I sometimes have users that ask me to block stuf that isnt really spam but
that they have signed up to and forgotten why they get it. In this situation
I dont want to block everyone from gettting these mails.
Is using spamassassin to do this the wrong way to go about it?
header MC_MY_RULE From =~ /mail\@somelist\.com/i
header MC_MY_RULE Envelope-to =~ /genericuser\@somesite\.com/i
header MC_MY_RULE Subject =~ /Mailing list subject/i
score MC_MY_RULE 10.0
regards,

I see, I didn't understand the syntax of the rules before, now I
understand.
Thank you, I will try that.

Loren Wilton wrote:
Well, of course you can't "block" with SA itself. But I assume you
knew that.

You can't do what you want quite the way you showed it. But you can
get the effect you want:

header __MC_MY_FRM From =~ /mail\@somelist\.com/i
header __MC_MY_ENV Envelope-to =~ /genericuser\@somesite\.com/i
header __MC_MY_SUB Subject =~ /Mailing list subject/i
meta MC_MY_RULE __MC_MY_FRM && __MC_MY_ENV && __MC_MY_SUB
score MC_MY_RULE 10.0

Now, whether that will really work for you

Loren

Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Michael Connors wrote:

Received: from [87.198.136.186] (helo=[10.1.1.125])
by mail.go2.ie with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1HUjCF-0005Fo-62; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000
Message-ID: <4603CCAC.7030702 (AT) go2 (DOT) ie>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:44 +0000
From: Michael Connors <michaelc (AT) go2 (DOT) ie>
To: Loren Wilton <lwilton (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>
CC: users (AT) spamassassin (DOT) apache.org
Subject: Re: Blocking mail from one specific user to another

I see, I didn't understand the syntax of the rules before, now I
understand. Thank you, I will try that.

As indicated elsewhere in this thread, this is best done by the MTA
and not SpamAssassin.

You appear to be using exim as your MTA. At least that's what's
indicated by:

Received: from [87.198.136.186] (helo=[10.1.1.125])
by mail.go2.ie with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1HUjCF-0005Fo-62; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000

So have a look at exim's wikki. This specific case is covered in:

Dennis Davis wrote:
Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Michael Connors wrote:


>Received: from [87.198.136.186] (helo=[10.1.1.125])
>by mail.go2.ie with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
>id 1HUjCF-0005Fo-62; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000
>Message-ID: <4603CCAC.7030702 (AT) go2 (DOT) ie>
>Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:44 +0000
>From: Michael Connors <michaelc (AT) go2 (DOT) ie>
>To: Loren Wilton <lwilton (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>
>CC: users (AT) spamassassin (DOT) apache.org
>Subject: Re: Blocking mail from one specific user to another
>>
>I see, I didn't understand the syntax of the rules before, now I
>understand. Thank you, I will try that.
>
>
As indicated elsewhere in this thread, this is best done by the MTA
and not SpamAssassin.

You appear to be using exim as your MTA. At least that's what's
indicated by:


>Received: from [87.198.136.186] (helo=[10.1.1.125])
>by mail.go2.ie with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
>id 1HUjCF-0005Fo-62; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000
>
>
So have a look at exim's wikki. This specific case is covered in:

I will look into that.
Thanks for your answers.
regards,
Michael

Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Loren Wilton wrote:

Well, of course you can't "block" with SA itself. But I assume you knew that.

You can't do what you want quite the way you showed it. But you can get the effect you want:

header __MC_MY_FRM From =~ /mail\@somelist\.com/i
header __MC_MY_ENV Envelope-to =~ /genericuser\@somesite\.com/i
header __MC_MY_SUB Subject =~ /Mailing list subject/i
meta MC_MY_RULE __MC_MY_FRM && __MC_MY_ENV && __MC_MY_SUB
score MC_MY_RULE 10.0

Don't forget:
1) this is predicated upon the 'Envelope-to' being available to SA, not
all configurations do that.
2) What if another user at your site also subscribed to that list and
wanted it. The mail message can have multiple 'Envelope-to' addrs.
Then you'd have a FP for the second user.

Hi,
I have it working, I am blocking it at the MTA using policy controls.
It appears to be working fine.
Thanks everyone for the help,
Michael

Jonathan M Metts wrote:
Another option would be to use Sieve or another type of server side
filter. This way, you would have a few options. You could reject it,
discard it, or redirect the message elsewhere. Just an idea, but like
the others have said, I wouldn't use SA for it.

.metts

Michael Connors wrote:
>Dennis Davis wrote:
Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Michael Connors wrote:

Received: from [87.198.136.186] (helo=[10.1.1.125])
by mail.go2.ie with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1HUjCF-0005Fo-62; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000
Message-ID: <4603CCAC.7030702 (AT) go2 (DOT) ie>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:44 +0000
From: Michael Connors <michaelc (AT) go2 (DOT) ie>
To: Loren Wilton <lwilton (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>
CC: users (AT) spamassassin (DOT) apache.org
Subject: Re: Blocking mail from one specific user to another

I see, I didn't understand the syntax of the rules before, now I
understand. Thank you, I will try that.

As indicated elsewhere in this thread, this is best done by the MTA
and not SpamAssassin.

You appear to be using exim as your MTA. At least that's what's
indicated by:

Received: from [87.198.136.186] (helo=[10.1.1.125])
by mail.go2.ie with esmtpa (Exim 4.52)
id 1HUjCF-0005Fo-62; Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:48:43 +0000

So have a look at exim's wikki. This specific case is covered in:


>I will look into that.
>Thanks for your answers.
>regards,
>Michael
>>
>