[Mailman-Users] Newbie comments/questions

[Peter Davis]

Thanks, Mark,

Mark Sapiro wrote:
> I assume you are using header_filter_rules, not bounce_matching_headers.
>   
Correct.

> Since by default, membership tests are done before
> bounce_matching_headers, you could use bounce_matching_headers to hold
> the spam and the test will be done after membership.
>   
Possibly, but I want to hold these messages to determine whether or not 
they are truly spam.  I don't want to simply bounce them automatically.

> You can continue to use header_filter_rules and reorder the pipeline so
> 'SpamDetect' comes after 'Moderate'. See
> <http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq04.067.htp>
> which addresses a different issue, but will give hints as to how to
> reorder the pipeline for a single list or all lists. Note that
> reordering the pipline requires a level of access to the Mailman
> server that you may not have.
>   
Correct again.  I'm using Mailman on a hosting service, so I have very 
limited access.

>> 2) Is there a way to set up a filter to catch messages with a blank 
>> subject line?  I tried "subject:\s$", but this did nothing.
>>     
>
>
> In header_filter_rules, the pattern
>
>  ^subject:\s*$
>
> should work. 
FAQ entry 3.32 
<http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq03.032.htp> says:

_Don't_ try to match the whole line by enclosing your pattern between 
beginning of line anchor ('^') and end of line anchor ('$').

Should I ignore that?

-pd

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