On 2/8/13 12:52 PM, Chris Nulk wrote: > Hello all, > > I am trying to stop a particular group of messages from going to > several of my lists. I am looking at the Subject line of the message > to do the filtering and I am using the header_filter_rules in Spam > Filtering. My regex filter is: > > ^Subject:[\s\+]*\[.*\]\s+(Invitation|Canceled Event):.* > > and the Subject lines I am trying to catch and reject the message look > like: > > Subject: [MYLIST] Invitation: Test event @ Thu Feb 28, > 2013 10:00 - 11:00 ([email protected]) > > or > > Subject: [MYLIST] Canceled Event: Test event @ Thu Feb 28, > 2013 10:00 - 11:00 ([email protected]) > > > I have set the action for the rule to reject, however, the messages > still get posted to the list. > > I have tested the regex above using the python interactive interpreter > and the regex does match the various inputs used. > > Can anyone tell me what the problem is with my regex? > > Also, can any of the sender/recipient filters cause the message to > bypass the spam filters? The message pipeline is unchanged. > > Thanks, > Chris Make sure you have set the "Action" for the filter to some other than Defer or Accept.
A previous Accept that matches the message will override this filter. Also, note that I think the filter it tested BEFORE the [MYLIST] is added to the subject by the list, so is only there to be matched if it was in the original email. -- Richard Damon ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
