[imp] Fwd: Re: Blacklisting

[Jan Schneider]

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      Datum: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:02:42 -0500
        Von: Matt Wills <TheGuy at virtualvermont.com>
    Betreff: Re: [imp] Blacklisting
         An: Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>

on 01/29/09 5:46 AM Jan Schneider said:
> Please keep discussions on the list.
>
> Zitat von Matt Wills <TheGuy at virtualvermont.com>:
>
>> on 01/29/09 5:18 AM Jan Schneider said:
>>> 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.
>>>
>> OK, the wildcard thing was just a stab in the dark anyway, but why  
>> don't specific addresses work?
>
> They should. But you didn't even say which filter backend you use,  
> whether you checked your log files, etc.
>
> Jan.
>
Please pardon my ignorance. Define "Filter backend?"

Matt


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Jan.

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