Rules are checked in order, from the first to the last. When a rule that catches the message is found, rule checking stops.
> H~SPAM-DNSBL!AND!SPAM PHRASE:spam That rule is not correctly formatted. Try: H~SPAM-DNSBL!AND!H~SPAM-PHRASE:spam Tripp ----- Original Message ----- From: "RMilner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:48 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Major Problems configuring Anti Spam 8.05 > yes, for phrase it's X-IMAIL-SPAM-PHRASE. For Blacklists you will get > X-IMAIL-SPAM-DNSBL > > The problem you will find is that the rules contained in imail or the > rules.ima do not work as advertised. > > They are supposed to trigger from top. > > I have a message from less than 5 minutes ago that has X-MAIL-SPAM-VAL in > the header. This is rule #97 in my rules.ima. This rule triggered. > > However, rule #9 in my rules.ima (which has multiple failures) > H~SPAM-DNSBL!AND!SPAM PHRASE:spam DID NOT Trigger. > > That means that even if you structure your rules in order of priority, IMail > will take a lower priority instead of a higher priority. This has been an > issue for a long time and apparently no discussed, so don't expect miracles > in your pecking order. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Biddle > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 11:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Major Problems configuring Anti Spam 8.05 > > > We created a rule to send email with the X-Header to the spam box. - > H~X-IMAIL-SPAM:spam > > The problem is if the email comes from one of the blacklists it > automatically sticks it in the spam box, and a lot of them are false > positives. Does the DNS Blacklist insert a different X-Header than the > phrase filtering etc? > > Mike > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
