On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 03:44:11PM +0200, Jens Strohschnitter wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 15:44:08 +0300
> Odhiambo Washington <wash@???> wrote:
>> * Jens Strohschnitter <exim-ml@???> [20031009 13:58]: wrote:
>>> I have enabled the system_filter from exim.org, that works very fine.
>>> All mails with specified attachments were blocked and a notify will
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> be sent return to the senders address.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Oh, FFS.
>>> But, is it possible to log the information of blocked mails like:
>> senderaddress : $return_path
>> recipientaddress: $recipients
>> attachment: $1
>>> to a special logfile ? In my system_filter, I have already a logfile
>>> specified for spam-logging - so is it possible to add another logfile
>>> to system_filter ?
Trivially, as has been shown.
[snip]
> Yep!
> it works -- thanxxxxx !!!
No it doesn't, it may work for you, but it annoys just about every other
postmaster on the internet. Please read some of the recent list traffic.
> ;-)
:-(
Why oh why oh why can't people understand this stuff before trying to run
their own mailers. It just seems to me that too many people are cargoculting
bits of the config without really understanding what's going on. Anyone
might think that Tim Jackson's rather excellent rant, posted in the middle
of the mails in this thread might have given you some kind of clue, but
apparently not. It's not as if his is the only one, it's just one of the
more memorable.
We've had Alan (Flavell) ranting on this, me ranting on this, Nigel ranting
on this, Greg ranting on everything (including this), Tim (Jackson)'s recent
rant. WHY NOT READ THEM? Understand, fully, what the problem is. If you run
an Internet-facing mailserver, these days, you really have a duty of care
to not contribute to the problems that a lot of these 'doze users cause by
propagating viruses, or that the spammers cause by sending ever-increasing
amounts of crap to our mailboxes. If you're going to filter in that way,
do it properly or not at all. If you're going to run a mailhost then make
sure that it doesn't contribute to the ever increasing amounts of junkmail
traffic. If you don't understand why your above solution is contributing, I
respectfully suggest that you get someone who understands the implications
of (E)SMTP mail to run your mail for you.
I'm sorry to those who know what they're doing for ranting about this so
soon after Tim's rant, but really, oh really, oh really, if you're going
to run a mailsystem, DO IT PROPERLY.
Cheers
Matthew
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Matthew Byng-Maddick <mbm@???> http://colondot.net/
