The whitelist_from won't work because the email addres is simply "root" and doesn't include a domain name. Therefore, you must create your own custom rule in /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf:
header CHARLIE_ROOT From =~ /Charlie Root/i describe CHARLIE_ROOT From is Charlie Root score CHARLIE_ROOT -100.0 Now it will get thru. --- Ed. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Loiterman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 2:03 PM > To: 'CertaintyTech - Ed Henderson'; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Whitelist for Charlie Root > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have not been able to get any whitelist entries to work for this: > > From: Charlie Root <root> > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:25 AM > To: root > Subject: fat_man.ascendency.net weekly run output > > > Cleaning up kernel database files: > Rebuilding locate database: > > Rebuilding whatis database: > > I have tried: > whitelist_from 'Charlie Root <root>' > whitelist_from *Charlie Root* > whitelist_from Charlie Root <root> > whitelist_to root > whitelist_to *root* > > Nothing seems to work. The problem, I think, is that someone > submitted this to Razor: > > X-Spam-Report: 5.8 hits, 5 required; > * 3.5 -- From: has a malformed address > * -0.1 -- To: has a malformed address > * 3.0 -- Listed in Razor, see http://razor.sourceforge.net/ > * 0.2 -- From and To the same address > * -0.8 -- AWL: Auto-whitelist adjustment > > This is driving me nuts. Any help would be appreciated. > > > Mike Loiterman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:spamassassin-talk- [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > >CertaintyTech - Ed Henderson Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 7:08 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: RE: [SAtalk] Whitelist for Charlie Root > > > >Add a whitelist_from entry in your /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf > >or perhaps a custom rule that looks for a unique Subject and scores > >the message with a -100. See man page Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf for > >details. > > > > > >== > >Ed. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > >> Mike Loiterman > >> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 7:41 AM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: [SAtalk] Whitelist for Charlie Root > >> > >> > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > >> Hash: SHA1 > >> > >> My weekly reports from my server are getting tagged as SPAM. How > >> can I effectively whitelist this without opening up a hole in my > >> defenses..?? > >> > >> > >> From: Charlie Root <root> > >> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 4:25 AM > >> To: root > >> Subject: fat_man.ascendency.net weekly run output > >> > >> > >> Cleaning up kernel database files: > >> > >> Rebuilding locate database: > >> > >> Rebuilding whatis database: > >> > >> > >> Mike Loiterman > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > >> > >> > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> Version: PGP 7.0.4 > >> Comment: Message digitally signed by Mike Loiterman > >> > >> > >iQA/AwUBPJM9ZWjZbUnRudGOEQJNLACg4bjbwKC/t3aQyZC0h2N1BQVtXBUAoNph > >> h+0dDLkuqmzRjuBYkgg5Hej3 > >> =G7rb > >> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Spamassassin-talk mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > >> > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Spamassassin-talk mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 7.0.4 > Comment: Message digitally signed by Mike Loiterman > > iQA/AwUBPJOWx2jZbUnRudGOEQKI6ACgsv2k0h7NStZpiivaa6eCwxVxuxAAnAg7 > PGWlntcB1RIKeFZfI3yUseRI > =01FB > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk