My read is that he is only attempting to enforce the subject requirement on his on users within his own domain. So if he builds his rules appropriately, either as a specific domain rule or a combo filter, he should be able to apply the subject requirement to his own users/domain without affecting or bouncing messages to anyone outside his userbase/domain.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 12:34 PM Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Filter for blank subject lines > Since a sizeable amount of blank subjects are spam and come from forged > addresses, please don't bounce such messages. It's called backscatter, > and it is a very large problem, typically amounting to 1% to 2% of my > total mail volume. This is also common enough that you would also upset > many customers. > > If you tweak your setup properly, you can tag blank subjects with a > little weight and still not have issues with blocking legitimate E-mail > while improving spam detection. > > Matt > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Any previous talk on filtering for blank subject lines is 2 years old, so > >I'd like to present the question again, and/or make a new feature request. > > > >Within our corp, we have several employees who enjoy send their mails with > >no subject what-so-ever. Wrist slaps have done nothing to correct this > >problem. I'd like very much to bounce mails lacking subjects, informing the > >sender that to complete the delivery, they must resend with a completed > >subject line. > > > >I've tried using both SUBJECTCHARS and CONTSPACES, but they don't seem to > >work as I'd like. > > > >Is there a specific test or filter I can use to detect blank subject lines? > > > >TIA > > > > > >--- > >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > >--- > >[This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > > >--- > >This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > >unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > >type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > >at http://www.mail-archive.com. > > > > > > > > > > -- > ===================================================== > MailPure custom filters for Declude JunkMail Pro. > http://www.mailpure.com/software/ > ===================================================== > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] > > --- > This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To > unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and > type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found > at http://www.mail-archive.com. > --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
