Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 20:24:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Peter Leftwich <Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Eduardo Viruena Silva <mrspock@esfm.ipn.mx>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: Re: spam [procmail recipe] Message-ID: <20020411201205.S76809-100000@earl-grey.cloud9.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0204111750090.1831-100000@wonkity.com>
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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Warren Block wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
> > I have notice that all the spam I receive is always sent to someone else but me. Is there a way of filter all the mail that is not destined to me?
> Install procmail and add this recipe to your .procmailrc file. It will redirect mail not addressed to you to a spam folder. (This does not catch a lot of spam for me any more; most spams that make it past my sendmail access.db are addressed to me.) I didn't create this, just snarfed it off Usenet quite a while back:
For many many days I have been planning to do this, but in manually
selecting spams in PINE emailer (pressing ":" a LOT) I had the same lament
that many spams *are* addressed "To:" me or one of my many email addresses.
The problem with this procmail recipe is that some of your friends may use
a BCC from time to time and these messages will get delivered to your bulk
mail or "Spam-folder" by mistake. This is not one-size fits all!
> # Mail not addressed to me.
> :0
> * $!^((Resent-|Apparently-)?(To|Cc|Bcc)):.*${LOGNAME}
> $MAILDIR/Spam-folder
Hey Warren, and list, do you know the usage for the line above beginning
with "* $!..." so that I can list multiple matches, using some kind of "OR"
statement (maybe "email1@otherdomain.com|email2@domain.com|email_etc@abc.com")?
By the way, instead of the "$MAILDIR/Spam-folder" line you could put
something like /dev/null or "|formail -b postmaster@...." if you want to
get real technically-combative and cocksure (word choice?)
Check out "adcomplain" (it's in the ports).
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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