Re: [Exim] filtering 'MAILER-DAEMON' stuff

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Author: Nigel Metheringham
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To: Dirk Koopman
CC: EXIM users list
Subject: Re: [Exim] filtering 'MAILER-DAEMON' stuff
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 12:59, Dirk Koopman wrote:
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Oooh cunning - starting with a sig separator...

What's even better is this part from your original message headers:-
        X-Spam-Score: 6.8 (++++++)
        X-Spam-Flag: YES
        X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "post.tobit.co.uk", has
                identified this incoming email as possible spam.  The original message
                has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or block
                similar future email.  If you have any questions, see
                mailadmin@??? for details.
                Content preview:  It appears that my email address is now in regular use
                as a 'From:' address in spam and I am starting to get significant clots
                of bounces as a result. My filter doesn't seem to do anything... I have
                an exim filter in place for the email account and the relevant section
                looks like this: # Exim filter if error_message then finish endif if
                $h_x-spam-flag: is "YES" then zwbif $h_from: contains "mailer-daemon"
                and zwb# mailbox folder filtering happens below When tested with the
                attached example it gives:- /usr/sbin/exim -v -bf .forward < /tmp/msg.4
                Sender taken from "From " line Return-path taken from "Return-path:"
                header line Return-path = <> Sender = postmaster@???
                Recipient = root@??? Testing Exim filter file ".forward"
                Condition is false: error_message Condition is true: $h_x-spam-flag: is
                YES Save message to: spam ?)â²Filtering set up at least one significant
                delivery or other action. No other deliveries will occur. The log entry
                for the example below is: 2004-01-21 10:58:01 1AjG3W-0008JG-7Y <= <>
                H=mail-4.tiscali.it [195.130.225.150] P=esmtp SD748
                id@0CE0E10010F81DD@??? 2004-01-21 10:58:01
                1AjG3W-0008JG-7Y => djk <djk@???> R=localuser T=local_mbx
                2004-01-21 10:58:01 1AjG3W-0008JG-7Y Completed The problem is that it
                doesn't work when used in anger on real, incoming, mail as you can see
                from the log. ?*ä-- Please Note: Some Quantum Physics Theories Suggest
                That When the Consumer Is Not Directly Observing This Message, It May
                Cease to Exist or Will Exist Only in a Vague and Undetermined State.
                From postmaster@??? Wed Jan 21 10:57:54 2004 Return-path:
                <> Envelope-to: djk@??? Delivery-date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004
                10:58:01 +0000 Received: from mail-4.tiscali.it ([195.130.225.150]) by
                post.tobit.co.uk Received: by mail-4.tiscali.it (6.7.019) id
                400CE0E10010F837 for From: Mail Delivery Service
                <postmaster@???> Subject: Delivery Status Notification
                To: djk@ [...]
                Content analysis details:   (6.8 points, 5.0 required)
                pts rule name              description
                ---- ---------------------- --------------------------------------------------
                0.5 WEIRD_QUOTING          BODY: Weird repeated double-quotation marks
                0.3 HTML_SHOUTING4         BODY: HTML has very strong "shouting" markup
                0.3 HTML_TAG_BALANCE_BODY  BODY: HTML has unbalanced "body" tags
                0.1 HTML_FONTCOLOR_BLUE    BODY: HTML font color is blue
                0.0 HTML_MESSAGE           BODY: HTML included in message
                0.1 HTML_FONT_BIG          BODY: HTML has a big font
                0.1 HTML_FONTCOLOR_UNSAFE  BODY: HTML font color not in safe 6x6x6 palette
                2.8 UNWANTED_LANGUAGE_BODY BODY: Message written in an undesired language
                0.1 HTML_FONTCOLOR_RED     BODY: HTML font color is red
                1.5 BODY_8BITS             BODY: Body includes 8 consecutive 8-bit characters
                1.1 MAILTO_TO_SPAM_ADDR    URI: Includes a link to a likely spammer email


And that header, since it included 8 bit characters, caused some other
sites to bounce the mail when sent out from the MLM.

Do you really consider your own mail to be spam?

    Nigel.


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