Leif Erlingsson | 1 Sep 1996 23:22
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Suggest FROM_MAILER "r(esponse|oot)" changed to "response"

FROM_MAILER

today read...

(^(((Resent-)?(From|Sender)|X-Envelope-From):|>?From
)([^>]*[^(.% <at> a-z0-9])?\(Post(ma(st(er)?|n)|office)|(send)?Mail(er)?|daemon|mmdf|n?uucp|r(esponse|oot)|\s(erv(ices?|er)|mtp)|A(dmin(istrator)?|MMGR))(([^).!:a-z0-9][-_a-z0-9]*)?[% <at> >\t\ ][^<)]*(\(.*\).*)?
)?$([^>]|$))

May I suggest to change the "r(esponse|oot)" part into plain "response",
to avoid getting mail from people mailing from root accounts sorted into
the postmaster folder?

new reading...

(^(((Resent-)?(From|Sender)|X-Envelope-From):|>?From
)([^>]*[^(.% <at> a-z0-9])?\(Post(ma(st(er)?|n)|office)|(send)?Mail(er)?|daemon|mmdf|n?uucp|response)|\s(erv(ices?|er)|mtp)|A(dmin(istrator)?|MMGR))(([^).!:a-z0-9][-_a-z0-9]*)?[% <at> >\t\ ][^<)]*(\(.*\).*)?)?$([
^>]|$))

Please explain, if anyone has a different opinion, why I'm wrong!

-- Leif Erlingsson http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1998 +46 8 604-0995
   Stockholm, Sweden, Tellus, Milky Way, Gods Universe. FAX +46 8 605-2551


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