They are escaped * so each single score asterisk would be noted like
this \*
so a score of three would be \*\*\*
and five \*\*\*\*\*
etc.
T. Jay
On Jan 8, 2008, at 12:16 PM, Jim Dory wrote:
> I have a server bought from RaqWare and it has SpamAssassin and
> MailScanner installed, though I have not yet played with any configs
> on them.
>
> I have a user that is getting over a hundred spam messages and
> doesn't want to see them. The messages have [SPAM] appended to the
> subject. I was going through the archives looking for a solution for
> this user and I found a response from Paul in 2006 that I thought I
> would try, but wanted to make sure it was still ok and still a
> recommended procedure. Here it is:
>
> "
>
> Edit /etc/procmailrc
>
> Add..
>
> # Delete messages with spam score 7 or higher
> :0
> * ^X-Spam-Level: \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
> /dev/null
> Change the number of * to alter what you want....
>
> "
>
> I went ahead and did that that (I can undo if necessary), but have a
> question. He said to change the number of * to alter what you want.
> This I don't understand - would it be subtracting/adding a slash
> asteric ( \* ) to the end of the middle line, or adding an * to the
> front of that line? I don't understand that syntax.
>
> I think by doing this it will rid all of us of spam that is ranked 7
> or higher. I think I would rather do this on a per user basis, but
> if that isn't possible/easy with what I have, then no biggie. Any
> advice appreciated.
>
> cheers, Jim
>
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> Jim Dory
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>
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