Proper use of user_prefs "whitelist"

[Forrest Aldrich <fo...@forrie.com>]

I've been having some difficulty with the user_prefs and the whitelist_* 
fucntions.   I read the examples etc, and I believe these are correct, 
but clearly certain email is still being tagged (see below).   I wonder 
if someone can help clarify what I'm doing wrong here.

First, here are the directives in my ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file, as 
it applies to this instance:

    whitelist_from_rcvd spamassassin.apache.org hermes.apache.org

    whitelist_from          *.apache.org


Here is the Sendmail log, showing the rejection:

    Apr 13 11:52:24 mail sm-mta[34951]: k3DFqNBR034951:
    from=<us...@spamassassin.apache.org>,
    size=17514, class=-60, nrcpts=1, msgid=<20...@zmi.at>,
    proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=hermes.apache.org [209.237.227.199]

    Apr 13 11:52:26 mail sm-mta[34951]: k3DFqNBR034951: Milter add:
    header: X-Spam-Flag: YES

    Apr 13 11:52:26 mail sm-mta[34951]: k3DFqNBR034951: Milter add:
    header: X-Spam-Status: Yes, score=9.0 required=5.0
    tests=HTML_00_10,HTML_MESSAGE,\n\tJ_CHICKENPOX_12,J_CHICKENPOX_33,RCVD_IN_SORBS,SARE_BIZOP,\n\tSARE_COLLEGE_SCAM,TVD_FUZZY_DEGREE
    autolearn=no version=3.1.1

    Apr 13 11:52:26 mail sm-mta[34951]: k3DFqNBR034951: Milter: data,
    reject=550 5.7.1 Blocked by SpamAssassin

    Apr 13 11:52:26 mail sm-mta[34951]: k3DFqNBR034951:
    to=<fo...@forrie.com>, delay=00:00:02, pri=155514, stat=Blocked by
    SpamAssassin



Thanks in advance....

Re: Proper use of user_prefs "whitelist"

[Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>]

Daryl C. W. O'Shea wrote:
> 
> Your whitelist entries don't match
> "users-return-40212-forrie=forrie.com@spamassassin.apache.org".
> 
> 
> This should work (note the *@):
> whitelist_from_rcvd  *@spamassassin.apache.org  hermes.apache.org
> 
> 
> This would work, but would be trivially forged:
> whitelist_from  *@spamassassin.apache.org
> 

If you use the SPF plugin, another, very simple, way would be:

whitelist_from_spf *@spamassassin.apache.org

Works great here.

I'd also suggest:

bayes_ignore_to users@spamassassin.apache.org
bayes_ignore_to spamassassin-users@incubator.apache.org
bayes_ignore_from *@spamassassin.apache.org

To inhibit any bayes autolearning of list posts.

Re: Proper use of user_prefs "whitelist"

["Daryl C. W. O'Shea" <sp...@dostech.ca>]

Forrest Aldrich wrote:
> I've been having some difficulty with the user_prefs and the whitelist_* 
> fucntions.   I read the examples etc, and I believe these are correct, 
> but clearly certain email is still being tagged (see below).   I wonder 
> if someone can help clarify what I'm doing wrong here.
> 
> First, here are the directives in my ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file, as 
> it applies to this instance:
> 
>    whitelist_from_rcvd spamassassin.apache.org hermes.apache.org
> 
>    whitelist_from          *.apache.org


> Here is the Sendmail log, showing the rejection:
> 
>    Apr 13 11:52:24 mail sm-mta[34951]: k3DFqNBR034951:
>    from=<us...@spamassassin.apache.org>,

Your whitelist entries don't match 
"users-return-40212-forrie=forrie.com@spamassassin.apache.org".


This should work (note the *@):
whitelist_from_rcvd  *@spamassassin.apache.org  hermes.apache.org


This would work, but would be trivially forged:
whitelist_from  *@spamassassin.apache.org


Daryl