On 4 Jan 2009 at 8:18, Mark Sapiro wrote: > Bernie Cosell wrote: > > >Is it possible to change the testing-order so that the list size limit is > >tested [and generates an appropriate reject] *before* the content filters > >are processed? > > > This is the way it's normally done. The usual request is to do it the > other way around. See, e.g., > <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/2008-December/064541.html>.
> Do you really mean "content filter" as in "Content filtering" or do you > mean something else, perhaps header_filter_rules? "Content filtering" > doesn't hold messages. It just removes parts, and perhaps does > filter_action if it removes the entire message, but "hold' is not one > of the actions. My bad.. Sorry I'm new here and I don't get the terminology right. The filter that tripped was in Privacy options/spam filters". > You can rearrange the pipeline similarly to the suggestion in the above > referenced post so that whatever handler was responsible for this hold > comes after the Hold handler which processes the message size limit > amongst others. Ah, Ok -- I see the post and I'll try to figure it out and change the order... > So, why was this message held. I.e., exactly what "content filter" did > it "run afoul of"? It was a little "spammy" by our spam filter [Barracuda]. The listmembers are *astoundingly* spam averse but [of course] I don't want to reject a lot of false positives, so what I've done is set it up so that 'vaguely spam-like' submissions are, in essence, moderated. In addition to "hold"ing on "X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: Yes" I also hold on X-Barracuda- Spam-Score: [other than zero]. This gets a LOT of false positives [a spam score of 1.2 isn't very spammy, but it *might* be spam], so I just send-em through if they're OK. BUT: if the message is too large, then I don't want to send them through, even if the message was legit. so I want the "you're too big" filter to bounce the message before the spam- filter 'holds' it for me. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:ber...@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
