On 9/10/02 7:16 AM, Bill Cole ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >The * is a true wildcard, and can swallow up dots and even the @ in an >address.
Thank you VERY much for that clarification. The true wildcard will make things much easier. >>equalamail.*.net = error >>equalamail.*.com = error >>equalamail.*.us = error > >Are you really sure that those are the same entity? >............... >Are you really sure that this is one entity?? If so, there is some >restriction on what higher-level domains they are using, unless they >are totally bogus. Whether they are the same entity, I am not totally sure (although, pretty darn sure). I am sure I have received nothing but spam from all of these entities for a very long time, and this includes a multitude of secondary level domains (sld). I would say "they are totally bogus". In my previous Mail Server, there were no wildcards for filtering. I had to weed out each one by specifying the entire domain (e.g., equalamail.marketinc.net, equalamail.greatmarketing.us, etc.). They kept adding secondary level domains (sld), and recently added the tld "com". I was fighting a loosing battle. I switched to SIMS because of its ability to filter spam. I shall finally win the battle against EqualaMail using the true wildcard in SIMS router! :) I asked: >>Or, can I just use the following: >> >>equalamail.* = error Bill Cole ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) replied: >Yes, but the risk is that is someone else could a hostname of equalamail. I grant your point: the true wildcard can be very dangerous, use with caution. In this case, I'll risk it. :) Thanks, Michael ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
