Re: [AMaViS-user] Spam-handling email only for selected users

Gary wrote:

> Mark wrote:

>> Richard,

>>> If I wanted to only perform spam-handling for specific user email
>>> addresses and allow all other email to the domain to avoid
>>> spam-handling, would the following work:
>>>
>>> @spam_lovers_maps = ( read_hash("$MYHOME/spam_lovers") );
>>> @local_domains_maps = ( [".xyz.com"] );
>>>
>>> where $MYHOME_/spam_lovers contains:
>>>
>>> # Perform spam-handling for these users
>>> !user1@xyz.com
>>> !user2@xyz.com
>>> !user3@xyz.com
>>> # All other users opt out of spam-handling
>>> .xyz.com

>> Almost, but you got the syntax wrong.
>> You are using a syntax for ACL but using a hash lookup.

>> You can either do:

>> @spam_lovers_maps = ( read_hash("$MYHOME/spam_lovers") );

>> user1@xyz.com 0
>> user2@xyz.com 0
>> user3@xyz.com 0
>> # All other users opt out of spam-handling
>> # (no right-hand side implies true)
>> .xyz.com

>> Or use a lookup list instead of a hash:

>> spam_lovers_maps = ( read_array("$MYHOME/spam_lovers") );

>> !user1@xyz.com
>> !user2@xyz.com
>> !user3@xyz.com
>> # All other users opt out of spam-handling
>> .xyz.com

>> Mark

> In addition to Marks reply,
> what is listed above will not actually bypass spam checks for .xyz.com.
> Spam checks will be performed for all these users, but for .xyz.com, they
> will receive the spam regardless of what $final_spam_destiny is set
> to. If you were to set $final_spam_destiny = D_PASS, there would be no
> functional difference between the two sets of users listed here.
> To save some SpamAssassin processing, and further differentiate these two
> groups, I believe you could use the same table to also bypass spam checks:

> @bypass_spam_checks_maps = ( read_hash("$MYHOME/spam_lovers") );

> # bypass_spam_checks = false for these users
> # spam_lovers = false for these users
> user1@xyz.com 0
> user2@xyz.com 0
> user3@xyz.com 0
> # All other users opt out of spam-handling
> # (no right-hand side implies true)
> .xyz.com

> This will not prevent spam scanning if a message is addressed to both
> user99@xyz.com and user1@xyz.com (you would not want it to). If I am
> correct, I think it's a good idea to use both bypass_spam_checks and
> virus_lovers for those who wish to be excluded from spam processing.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
spam_lovers

Correction! Very few people want viruses!

> Correct me if I am wrong.

Gary V



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