[Mimedefang] Help With Filter (Mark Penkower)

[Cormack, Ken]

>> Just add the following to the LOCAL_RULESETS section of your sendmail.mc,
>> substituting a tab in the lines that have "[TAB]" in them.
>> [...]
>> F{FullSubjects} -o /etc/mail/subjects_full
>> F{PartSubjects} -o /etc/mail/subjects_part
>> HSubject:[TAB]$>CheckSubject
>> [...]

> Cool.  I was just noting a rise in emails about a certain French city and 
> a certain hotel chain, and contemplating something like this.  I turned it

> into a feature/reject_subjects.m4 file and it's working great.  Thanks for

> sharing.

In my environment, this is consistently the single most effective rule on my
gateway machines.  You'll be surprised how many spams it rejects.  To get
you started, I've attached my subjects_full and subjects_part files.

KEN CORMACK, RHCE
Sr. UNIX Systems Analyst,
    Open Systems Group
Sr. Software Analyst,
    TSG Midrange Systems Group
AFFILIATED COMPUTER SERVICES, INC.

"If that that is 'is' is that that is not 'not is', is that that is 'not is'
that that is not 'is'?  It is!" - Ken Cormack

"Sendmail administration is not black magic.  There are legitimate technical
reasons why it requires the sacrificing of a live chicken." - Unknown

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