[Mimedefang] [possibly off-topic] ALL TRUSTED SA Problem

[Kelson]

Joseph Brennan wrote:
> If mail comes from a host we trust, or comes with smtp auth, we don't
> run the Spamassassin tests.
> 
> We do RBL with Mimedefang, not Spamassassin.
> 
> whitelist_from_rcvd definitely works.
> 
> It looks like this rule is there to un-do damage from running standalone
> Spamassassin on all mail.  If you use Mimedefang to select what to test,
> you've already excluded mail you trust.

The "trust" in trusted_networks isn't just about whether you trust the 
*source* of a message, it's about which hosts you trust to provide 
accurate Received: headers.

In theory, an incorrect trust path can cause problems for any rule that 
acts on those headers.

By all means, if you've verified that the trust path is set correctly 
and ALL_TRUSTED still misfires, disable it.  I'm just trying to point 
out -- to *anyone* experiencing this issue, not just you, and not just 
Kevin -- that the trust path is important for more than just that one rule.

-- 
Kelson Vibber
SpeedGate Communications <www.speed.net>