Before I file a bug report, I'd like to confirm the behavior I describe below.
I have in my my ~/.mailfilterrc a DENY rule for "^Subject:.*Test" and ALLOW rules for "marssociety" and "marssocietynewsletter":
$ grep -Ei 'test|marssociety' ~/.mailfilterrc DENY=^Subject:.*Test ALLOW=^To:.*marssocietynewsletter ALLOW=^Reply-To:.*marssociety ALLOW=^Subject:.*marssociety
I found out this morning that an email with the word "Contest" in the Subject was deleted by mailfilter (according to my log). The email also had "[marssocietynewsletter]" in the Subject and I suspect, given the format of previous communications, also "marssociety" in the Reply-To. The email therefore should have passed two of my ALLOW rules.
Shouldn't the ALLOW rule (allow all emails with "marssociety" in the Subject) take precedence over the DENY rule (delete all emails containing with the word or word part "test")?
I don't know much about mailfilter, but it seems as though the rules are being applied in the order encountered. You may need to move yoru DENY rule to a position after the ALLOW rules. Just a thought.
-Roberto
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