On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, George Szekely wrote:
> >On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, George Szekely wrote:
> >
> >> I was hoping an expert user might be able to help me with a small
> >> issue I'm having.
> >>
> >> I would like to bounce any messages that contains more than 8
> > > consecutive spaces in the message subject. (Not checking spaces
> >> used to wrap the Subject header across multiple lines.)
> >>
> >> I've set up a system filter, but I don't think it recognizes blank spaces.
> > >
> >> $h_subject contains " "
> >
> >Have you tried it?
>
>
> Yes, but... as it turns out it works after all if the consecutive spaces are
> anywhere except at the beginning of the subject line.
> Somehow it will not match and reject if the subject begins with 8 space.
Hmmm, you can try "$h_subject" contains " ", but most probably,
exim removes all whitespaces after "Subject:"
> What is the benefit of using ACL's instead of the system filter? Speed?
> Or the way it's rejected "550 ..."?
It will be denied at SMTP-Time, this could prevent some (undeliverable?)
bounces.
ciao
