> -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Leonhardt [mailto:fra...@extremecomputing.org.uk] > > I have a single mail server (not commercial) using sendmail to accept > incoming mail from all sources, and filtering using spamassassin. It also > accepts mail from roaming users - encrypted mail using port 465 and > authenticating users with SASL, and is expected to relay this. It all works > fine > except that the trusted mail goes through the milter like any other, and if > it's > coming from a dodgy location there's a danger that SA will block it. (This > happens - sent from a WiFi hotspot, non-static DSL or mobile network that's > been blacklisted everywhere). > > Is there an easy way I can treat trusted mail differently?
Short answer: You need to configure this at the milter or sendmail level and not send the mail to SpamAssassin to begin with. Slightly longer answer: It's been a while since I worked with Sendmail, but we used to do exactly this. Basically, it boils down to one of two things: 1. Use a separate config for the submission port that doesn't send stuff through the milter. (I forget whether this is possible, so if it's not, never mind.) 2. Configure your milter to check whether the message is authenticated (IIRC, you look for the "auth_type" macro), and not send those messages to spamassassin. (This is what we did.) You don't say what milter you're using. We were using MIMEDefang, and I remember we had to do two things: set MD up to read the Sendmail macros, then add the code to our MD filter to check for the macro before sending mail to SA. Sorry I couldn't be of more detailed help, but this should at least point you in the right direction. --Kelson Vibber
