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Author: Peter Bowyer
Date:  
To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Exim thinks Spam is a bounce and is delivering the message not filtering
Christian Mahne (sent by Nabble.com) <lists@???> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd started getting a lot more spam delivered a couple of weeks ago
> and couldn't work out why. Spam Assassin had been correctly
> identifying the messages and flagging them by changing subject lines
> etc. But Exim was failing to filter these messages out and they were
> still getting delivered.
>
> Closer investigation has revealed that Exim is passing these messages
> because it considers them to be bounces, so the X-Spam status header
> filters etc. are being ignored.


You, or someone, is responsible for configuring this behaviour - look at
your ACLs for something which bypasses content scanning for the null sender,
perhaps. Whatever you find, post more detail.

> View this message in context:
> http://www.nabble.com/Exim-thinks-Spam-is-a-bounce-and-is-delivering-the-message-not-filtering-t865576.html#a2244773


I'd rather not - is this necessary? It's a mailing list and doesn't need
URLs...

Peter