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From: "Matthew Bramble" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >That's why making the SPAMDOMAINS test an ENDSWITH instead of CONTAINS
type
> >of test would resolve lots of these kinds of questions and headaches.
> >
>
> ...and create some others at the same time. No one option is perfect,
> so if Scott decides to change the functionality of this test, I would
> prefer a more open format allowing choice, and even other options
> possibly. something like:
>
> ENDSWITH aol.com ENDSWITH aol.com
> CONTAINS @yahoo. CONTAINS .yahoo.
> ENDSWITH @mailpure.com IS mail.mailpure.com
>
> Opening it up further might look like two separate filter tests that
> both need to match, i.e. If x and If y Then True, or If x and Not If y
> Then False.
>
> I see no reason to change the SPAMDOMAINS functionality when working
> around VERP issues is done quite simply with an @ symbol, and I haven't
> yet found any examples where a domain that I would include in this test
> could have two REVDNS domains instead of just one which could benefit
> from matches on both columns. Fixing it to ENDSWITH would make it more
> difficult to track multi-TLD domains like Yahoo, while making it easier
> to track multi-sub domains like rr.com, and in the end, it would seem to
> be a draw.
Having the ability to define the test type (*WITH) per line would be nice.
However, short of that, how many people would wonder why:
sale.com
in the spamdomains.txt file would cause this to fail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
versus this in the spamdomains.txt file:
domains.com
which caused this to fail:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
At least ENDSWITH gives you much greater control and understanding of why
messages trigger the test. Granted, it may cause you to have to add a few
extra rows of domains in your spamdomains.txt file, but I feel that the
greater simplicity and greater control it would provide would outweighs the
minimal extra effort.
Bill
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