Re: anyone use FireMail?

[Pollywog]

On 17-Oct-99 George Bonser wrote:
> 
> Yes, you can use lookups from external files in the rules, you must have
> had the syntax wrong. 

I know I can have external files for lookups done from exim.conf but I
attempted it from my system and central filters and it did not work, not for
the "Received:" header, in any case.  It has worked for me for domains and
complete e-mail addresses and for "To:" headers.  I used much the same syntax
for all of them.

thanks

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Andrew

Re: anyone use FireMail?

[Pollywog]

On 17-Oct-99 George Bonser wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Pollywog wrote:
> 
>> I have done it that way (in a central filter), but FireMail will let me use
>> an
>> external file and Exim won't AFAIK.  
> 
> Sure it will. Each user can use their .forward as a filter file OR you can
> have a central filter file that filters all mail. Your .forward simply has
> to start with the Exim filter statement to tell Exim that it is a filter
> file. This way it only filters your mail and nobody elses.

I failed to explain what I meant.  I want to have a lookup done from a central
filter or system filter, but the lookup would be performed on an external file
such as /var/mail/block/dirty_spammer.db  and dirty_spammer.db would consist
of "Received:" headers, one to each line.  I have tried it and it did not work.

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Andrew

Re: anyone use FireMail?

[Pollywog]

On 16-Oct-99 George Bonser wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Oct 1999, Pollywog wrote:
> 
>> FireMail is a spam filter that works with procmail.  I use Exim, but I like
>> FireMail because it can filter based on the "Received:" header.
> 
> Exim can filter in the Received: header too.
> 
> if h_Received: contains  then  endif

I have done it that way (in a central filter), but FireMail will let me use an
external file and Exim won't AFAIK.  

thanks

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Andrew