"Ray Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I'm trying to setup my blacklist filters so that it catches most of my spam
> without clogging up my pending queue.  I've noticed that several of the
> email address domains that are used are in a type of sequence. ( i.e.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED])  There have been several
> different domains used, but the all have the same format.  (ie.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> 
> Currently I'm trying to use the * wildcard.  (i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]).  I'm
> afraid that this might be a little over zealous.  I'm not sure what domains
> might prefixes bounced messages with bounceto in the domain.
> 
> I've been reading in the Filter Sources
> (http://tmda.net/filter-sources.html) section on the website trying to
> figure out the best way to approach the problem.  I noticed that there was a
> [seq] wildcard for sequences, but no example for it.  Would this be a better
> type solution?  And if so, what would be an example of it.

[seq] works like it does in the shell.  [0-9] means match one decimal
digit.  [A-Z] means match a single, uppercase letter.  [aeiou] means
match any lowercase vowel, and so forth.

If all of the addresses begin with 'bounceto', you could make your
match a little tighter by using '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.  If the
first number after the 'bounceto' is always three digits, you could
use '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.  You could set the
action to 'deliver=~/mail/spambox' (instead of 'bounce') for a while
and check if you're accidentally catching anything important.  If not,
switch it back to 'bounce'.

Other than that, I don't think there's any way to have TMDA "guess" if
it might be one of those messages.


Tim
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