[Mimedefang] Is hyphen a valid character ??

[Barry Byrne]

Sorry if I was wrong - I was reading the comments in my sa-mimedefang.cf
which may be a few revisions old at this point!

Cheers,

Barry

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mimedefang-admin at lists.roaringpenguin.com
> [mailto:mimedefang-admin at lists.roaringpenguin.com]On Behalf Of Stefano
> McGhee
>
> Hey all,
> 	Spamassassin's web site references the man page for
> Mail_Spamassassin_Conf which says,
>
> Whitelist and blacklist addresses are now file-glob-style patterns, so
> friend at somewhere.com, *@isp.com, or *.domain.net will all work.
>
> So, it is also feasible that
>
> 	*.dont-miss-this-deal.com
>
> would also work.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stefano
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Barry Byrne [mailto:barry.byrne at wbtsystems.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 10:52 AM
> To: mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com
> Subject: RE: [Mimedefang] Is hyphen a valid character ??
>
>
> Dave:
>
> You can't use wild cards with SA black/white lists, with
> exception of the *
> before the @ symbol.
>
> e.g.
>
> 	blacklist_from *@mail35.dont-miss-this-deal.com   IS VALID
>
> 	blacklist_from *@*.dont-miss-this-deal.com  IS NOT VALID
>
> Cheers,
>
> Barry
>
> --
> Barry Byrne, IT Manager,
> WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre
> Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland
>
> Phone:  +353 1 417 0150
> Fax:    +353 1 478 5544
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>
> > Howdy all,
> >
> > I have blacklisted *@*.dont-miss-this-deal.com in the local.cf but it
> > slips right through anyway. Does SpamAssassin whitelist/blacklist not
> > accept a hyphen in the local.cf file as a valid character ??
> >
> > /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf
> > blacklist_from *@*.dont-miss-this-deal.com
> >
> > My spam-accepted.log shows the following entry:
> >
> > **********************************************
> > Tue Sep 17 03:47:52 2002
> > mail35.dont-miss-this-deal.com  66.216.111.53
> > To: dgrant at vixel.com
> > From: bounce-32970885-396 at mail35.dont-miss-this-deal.com
> > Subject: Your Favorite Television Series Now Available on DVD or VHS
> > Hits: 9.5
> > X_LIST_UNSUBSCRIBE,X_X_PRESENT,FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,FOR_FREE,FULL_REF
> > UND,NO_OBLIGATION,COPYRIGHT_CLAIMED,WEB_BUGS,MAILTO_LINK
> >
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