Declude can not do this so your only option is to write an external test to
plug into declude and pass the variables %HELO% and %MAILFROM%.


Kevin Bilbee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Geiser
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:39 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Add Points if Domain Name IS Hello
>
>
> Andy,
> That is not what typically what I see on most legit incoming e-mails.
>
> For example here is a legit customer e-mail I picked it random (with a few
> things obfuscated)...
>
> X-Declude-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [152.63.54.131]
> X-Note: This E-mail was scanned & filtered by Declude [1.82] for SPAM &
> viruses.
> X-Country-Chain: UNITED STATES->destination
> X-Note: Recipient(s):  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> X-Note: Sent with HELO [mail13.somedepartment.state.oh.us] from
> Reverse DNS
> [mail13.somedepartment.state.oh.us]
> X-Spam-Tests-Failed: NOABUSE [-76]
>
> In this example the HELO contains "somedepartment.state.oh.us".  That is
> true, but what I am seeing is where the HELO IS
> "somedepartment.state.oh.us"
> which in this case is NOT true.  The HELO is
> "mail13.somedepartment.oh.us".
> And in fact 99% of legit e-mails that I see the whole string used in the
> HELO is NOT identical to the string after the '@' symbol.  Especially when
> you are talking about the big free web mail providers.  The only 2 that I
> know of that use a simple HELO, e.g. domain.com, are HOTMAIL.COM and
> EXCITE.COM.  Everybody else uses a long host name, e.g. subnet.domain.com,
> and I can easily put exceptions in for HOTMAIL.COM and EXCITE.COM.
>
> What I've been seeing, using the same headers as above, is...
>
> X-Declude-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [152.63.54.131]
> X-Note: This E-mail was scanned & filtered by Declude [1.82] for SPAM &
> viruses.
> X-Country-Chain: UNITED STATES->destination
> X-Note: Recipient(s):  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> X-Note: Sent with HELO [somedepartment.state.oh.us] from Reverse DNS
> [mail13.somedepartment.state.oh.us]
> X-Spam-Tests-Failed: NOABUSE [-76]
>
> If the text after the @ symbol was broken out into it's own variable, e.g.
> FROMHOST = "somedepartment.state.oh.us", and the helo was broken out into
> it's own variable, e.g. HELO = "somedepartment.oh.us", then if I could do
> the following...
>
> FROMHOST 50 IS %HELO%
>
> then I could add to the weight of a bunch of e-mails that are currently
> making it through.
>
> Regardless I wasn't looking for feedback on the likelihood of this idea
> working well.  All I wanted to know if it was technically feasible.  In a
> weight based system even if I can add a few points, if only
> enough to raise
> the weight a little yet not enough to push legit e-mail over my
> HOLD weight,
> then that's what I'm looking to do.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:29 AM
> Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Add Points if Domain Name IS Hello
>
>
> Dan,
>
> May be I misunderstand - but is this exactly what you SHOULD see, e.g.,
> unless it's a virtual hosting environment or shared SMTP server you SHOULD
> see that the sender domain and HELO domain is identical?
>
> This would be equivalent to testing if headers are RFC compliant - and if
> so, to throw out most of the good mail with the bad because it too happens
> to comply with RFCs?
>
> Best Regards
> Andy Schmidt
>
> Phone:  +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business)
> Fax:    +1 201 934-9206
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Geiser
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 10:13 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Declude.JunkMail] Add Points if Domain Name IS Hello
>
>
> Hello, All,
> I've been getting tons of spam where the domain name used in the sender,
> e.g. [EMAIL PROTECTED], exactly matches the helo, e.g. justasailor.com.
>
> Is there any way to set up a test to add points if these 2 are
> identical?  I
> was thinking there might be a way to do it using the variables
> that Declude
> creates but I don't know exactly what the syntax would be and I don't know
> if Declude parses out the domain name into it's own variable.
> But if there
> were such a variable I'm thinking something along the lines of...
>
> FROMDOMAIN  50  IS  %HELO%
>
> Thanks In Advance,
> Dan Geiser
>
>
>
>
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