On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 08:24:52PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote: > Brian Potkin([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > > > Its usefulness in deleting spam and mail associated with the mymail worm > > before downloading it has been offset by the deletion of a small number > > of legitimate mails, including one a few minutes ago. The originating > > mail server should have added a Message-Id but for some reason some > > don't. Effective the rule might have been but I'd rather not lose mail. > > > > So use the rule with SCORE instead of DENY. If it's ligit mail other > score rules will let it pass. > > I have yet to see any ligit mail get through (and I check daily) in > well over 3 months of use.
Thanks for reminding me of SCORE; I'll try combining a Message-Id: rule with some other header characteristic of mymail worm mails, perhaps To:. If it were possible to formulate independent sets of SCORE rules in mailfilter it would make the task easier. Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
