[imp] Blacklisting

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Matt Wills <TheGuy at VirtualVermont.com>:

> I have been testing Horde webmail features.
>
> Blacklist Help says only that "The blacklist is a list of email  
> addresses known to send email that you do not wish to see in your  
> INBOX." There are no specific instructions as to what to enter.
>
> By contrast, Whitelist Help says only that "Each address should be  
> entered on a separate line." Slightly more informing, but still  
> lacking. Does that mean specific addresses, or do wildcards work?
>
> I wanted to find out if the Blacklist worked with wildcards, so I  
> entered "*@gmail.com" and set it to put such messages in a folder I  
> named "Trapped." I sent a test message from my GMail account to the  
> account I am looking at in Horde.
>
> The message came in to the In box. Initial conclusion is that  
> wildcards do not work, at least not with the commonly used wildcard  
> syntax..
>
> I then changed the Blacklist entry to my actual GMail address, not  
> the wildcard. I sent another message from my GMail account.
>
> Same thing happened. The message showed up in the In box. Secondary  
> conclusion is that the blacklist doesn't work at all.
>
> Am I doing something wrong?

Whether wildcards work and how they have to be specified depends on  
the filter backend. There is no automatic translation from a general  
wildcard syntax to the specific backend. That's why it not further  
explained in the interface.

Jan.

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