On Thu, 28 Aug 2008, Toomas Aas wrote:
> Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:31:23 +0300
> From: Toomas Aas <toomas .
aas @
raad .
tartu .
ee>
> To: dowsettjoe @
yahoo .
co .
uk, majordomo-users @
greatcircle .
com
> Subject: Re: Blocking emails from a specific address
>
> Joe Dowsett wrote:
>
> > We've an ongoing issue with a particular person (not on the list) and would
> > like to block emails from that address from going out to the list
> > subscribers, but would like to specify a single address to which emails from
> > this person will still get delivered - so that we can monitor the emails
> > that they are sending.
> >
> > Is this possible?
>
> Take a look at the taboo_headers configuration parameter. I guess you can set
> "From: badguy @
hotmail .
com" as a taboo header (not sure about the syntax) so
/^From: .
*badguy\ @
somewhere\ .
com/i
Escape the @, "\@", and include the trailing "i" for case insensitivity.
It's also important to use ".*" before the email to cover cases like:
"Bad Guy" <BadGuy @
Somewhere .
COM>
> that messages from this address won't go out to the list. In my experience all
> blocked material gets delivered to the list owner, so the "monitoring" part is
> also there.
>
> > Will this person be aware that these emails are being blocked?
>
> No.
>
> --
> Toomas Aas
Regards,
Joe
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