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# Exim filter  <<== do not edit or remove this line!
#
#       See the Exim filter document (http://www.exim.org/docs/filter.html)
#       for details of the Exim filter language used here.
#

#
#    1. Logging.  You can arrange for exim to log messages to a
#       log file in order to help you debug subtle .forward problems.
#
#       Log to this file:
#
logfile $home/.exim_filter_log 0644

#
#       Now, add log write commands like the following line (currently
#       commented out) wherever you like in this file, either unconditionally
#       to log everything, or conditionally in an "if".
#
#logwrite "$tod_log msgid: $message_id, from: $header_from:, subject: $header_subject:"

#
#    2. Pre-Spam exceptions:
#
#       If you regularly receive emails that are mistakenly categorised as
#       spam, put a "deliver this kind of message normally" rule here.  eg:
#       if $h_From: contains "wibble@wobble" then unseen finish endif'
#

#
#    3. Spam filtering:
#
#       divert to spam folder if BrightMail thinks it's definitely spam,
#       from a blocked IP address, or maybe spam.  BrightMail also marks
#       it in the old spamassassin style, so you can simply use:
#
if $h_X-Spam-Flag: is "YES" then
        save IMAP/Spam
        finish
endif

#
#       Alternatively, you might prefer to separate Spam/Blocked/Maybe messages
#       into 3 different IMAP folders.  i.e. you might want:
#       - divert to brightmail-spam folder if definitely spam.
#       - divert to brightmail-blocked folder if from blocked ip.
#       - divert to brightmail-maybe folder if may be spam.
#       To do this, simply comment out the above "if Spam-Flag ... endif" rule
#       and uncomment the following alternative rule:
#
#if $h_X-BrightMail-Spam-Flag: is "YES" then
#       save IMAP/brightmail-spam
#       finish
#elif $h_X-BrightMail-Spam-Blocked: is "YES" then
#       save IMAP/brightmail-blocked
#       finish
#elif $h_X-BrightMail-Spam-Maybe: is "YES" then
#       save IMAP/brightmail-maybe
#       finish
#endif

#
#    4. Post-Spam, Pre-Error exceptions:
#
#       In (5) we'll handle Error Messages, i.e. mail delivery failure messages
#       bounced back to you when you mistype an email address.  These are
#       defined in the RFCs as messages with Return-Path: <>.  Sometimes you
#       need exceptions however: For example, some Imperial distribution lists
#       have null return paths, so we should force them to deliver normally.

if      $header_to: contains "-dl@imperial.ac.uk"
or      $header_cc: contains "-dl@imperial.ac.uk"
then
        unseen finish
endif

#
#    5. Error Message handling:
#
#       Deliver all marked email error messages direct to your inbox.
#
#       This used to be the very first rule but spammers are now sending
#       spam error messages to take advantage of this, so we recommend it
#       here, much later: after spam detection.
#
if error_message then unseen finish endif

#
#    6. Post-spam, post-error processing:
#
#       place any additional rules you like here.
#

#
#    7. When going on vacation:
#
#       Setup .vacation.msg; delete and then touch the vacation database,
#       i.e. rm ~/.vacation.{dir,pag}; touch ~/.vacation.{dir,pag}
#       and then uncomment the following line, changing my_mailname to your
#       long form mail name (eg. joe.bloggs08)
#
#unseen pipe "/usr/bin/vacation -a my_mailname $local_part"
 
 

guides/email/filtering/standard_forward.txt (last edited 2009-06-17 16:44:08 by dcw)