Could I get a response on how to do it with IMail in rules as requested and
not a Declude Commercial?

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of R. Scott Perry
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 7:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Spam/Rules Editng



>As someone mentioned about Trustic in another thread, the spam databases
>that IMail comes with by default list yahoo.com and nail any mail from it
as
>such. As my rules authorship is very much in question considering some of
>the internal loops I have created, is there a way to tell IMAil a to ignore
>any negative results for an email from yahoo.com via the external
databases?
>The whitelist only applies to content filters - and you cannot change the
>pecking order to whitelist it first before it hits the spam databases. Of
>course, if a word hit the content filters, it would nail it there provided
>it was not a whitelisted yahoo.com address. I realize some administrators
>would not open up yahoo.com, but if I want to take that chance, I am
>wondering what the rule IMail rule would be - if even possible.

My recommendation would be not to use the FIVETENIGNORE test -- by
definition, it will catch E-mail from large Internet providers such as
Yahoo.  That way, you get the best of both worlds -- you won't capture
legitimate E-mail from Yahoo, and you will catch spam from @yahoo.com
addresses.

If you're using Declude JunkMail, you have the option (not recommended,
though, as many spammers use @yahoo.com addresses) of whitelisting all
E-mail to @yahoo.com (if you whitelist it, it will be delivered, no matter
what).  A number of our customers will set up a filter to reduce the weight
of E-mail from @yahoo.com addresses, which can help make up for the
FIVETENIGNORE and a few other spam tests that tend to list Yahoo.  That,
too, helps ensure that the legitimate mail gets through while blocking the
spam.

                                                    -Scott
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