From korthmat@cps.msu.edu Tue Jan 13 15:04:41 1998 Path: fu-berlin.de!newsfeed.eerie.fr!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.voicenet.com!nntp.upenn.edu!msunews!korthmat From: korthmat@cps.msu.edu (Matthew James Korth) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.admin.net-abuse.email Subject: Re: Procmail: anti-spam filtering Followup-To: comp.mail.misc,news.admin.net-abuse.email Date: 9 Jan 1998 00:55:33 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Lines: 30 Message-ID: <693si5$7va$2@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <68v6i6$kkr$1@nntp-2.io.com> <68v815$285$1@nntp-3.io.com> <68v8h5$koq$2@nntp-2.io.com> <6922o5$8vb$1@nntp-3.io.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: pacific.cps.msu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] X-MD5: 7a1bbd947dd8a01233adeb842a1186ef Xref: fu-berlin.de comp.mail.misc:39892 news.admin.net-abuse.email:157318 The Philosopher from Hell (tpfh@io.com) wrote: : :0 : * !^X-Mailer:.*Pegasus : * ^Comments:.*Authenticated : /dev/null : :0 : * !^X-Mailer:.*Pegasus : * ^Comments:.*Authenticated : EXITCODE=77 Nope. Once it hits the action line of the first recipe, it's considered delivered. If it's your intention to both bounce it with the "insufficient permissions" message *and* /dev/null it, you'll need this: :0 * !^X-Mailer:.*Pegasus * ^Comments:.*Authenticated { EXITCODE=77 :0 /dev/null } -- korthmat@cps.msu.edu http://web.cps.msu.edu/~korthmat *** People who send me UCE/UBE will be crucified. *** "Women: Can't live with 'em, can't be sure they're not alien menaces." --_Vampire Vixens from Venus_ From gabor@vinyl.quickweb.com Tue Jan 13 15:04:46 1998 Path: fu-berlin.de!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news-in-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!206.222.68.6!news.rns.net!flint.sentex.net!gabor From: gabor@vinyl.quickweb.com (Gabor) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.admin.net-abuse.email,alt.fan.richard-nixon Subject: Re: Procmail: anti-spam filtering Date: 8 Jan 1998 16:29:19 GMT Organization: O Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <68v6i6$kkr$1@nntp-2.io.com> <68v815$285$1@nntp-3.io.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.112.4.14 X-No-Archive: yes X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.4.3 UNIX) Xref: fu-berlin.de comp.mail.misc:39872 news.admin.net-abuse.email:157112 In comp.mail.misc, The Philosopher from Hell wrote : # How about filtering via message-ID, or lack thereof.... # # Message-Id: <> # # Message-Id: <199801061627.KAA26445@deliverator.io.com> # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # Now would a properly configured mail server do stuff like this? # Would real email have stuff like this, just an admin who doesn't # know what s/he's doing? # # And if it is a good thing to filter for.... How? you could do :0 * ^Message-Id: <> /dev/null From cvermill@servtech.com Tue Jan 13 15:04:52 1998 Path: fu-berlin.de!nntprelay.mathworks.com!news1.chicago.iagnet.net!iagnet.net!news.altair.com!news.kodak.com!newsserver.rdcs.Kodak.COM!not-for-mail From: cvermill@servtech.com Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.admin.net-abuse.email Subject: Re: Procmail: anti-spam filtering Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 15:38:08 -0500 Organization: Eastman Kodak Company Lines: 27 Message-ID: References: <68v6i6$kkr$1@nntp-2.io.com> <68v815$285$1@nntp-3.io.com> Reply-To: cvermill@servtech.com NNTP-Posting-Host: colleen_pc.pcd.kodak.com X-Newsreader: Anawave Gravity v1.10 Xref: fu-berlin.de comp.mail.misc:39883 news.admin.net-abuse.email:157205 In article , gabor@vinyl.quickweb.com says... > In comp.mail.misc, The Philosopher from Hell wrote : > # How about filtering via message-ID, or lack thereof.... > # > # Message-Id: <> > # > # Message-Id: <199801061627.KAA26445@deliverator.io.com> > # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > # > # Now would a properly configured mail server do stuff like this? > # Would real email have stuff like this, just an admin who doesn't > # know what s/he's doing? > # > # And if it is a good thing to filter for.... How? > > you could do > > :0 > * ^Message-Id: <> > /dev/null > I found it necessary to also check for whitespace in between the brackets, i.e. * ^Message-Id: < *>