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Using MCP to block offensive content

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(Outdated as of 9/3/16 -- MailScanner recommends using Spamassassin instead of MailScanner MCP for content scanning)

Sometimes, despite all the efforts to thwart spam, a message with offensive content will slip through.

You can use Message Content Protection to thwart these emails. You can also delete them completely so that they do not appear at all.

By default, MCP is disabled. Here's an example configuration.

To enable, edit the following lines

/etc/MailScanner/MailScanner.conf

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First Check = mcp
MCP Checks = yes

MCP Actions = store-mcp 
High Scoring MCP Actions = store-mcp
Rules are stored in /etc/MailScanner/mcp

Remove the example file

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rm /etc/MailScanner/mcp/10_example.cf
Create your ruleset, for example
/etc/MailScanner/mcp/10_offensive.cf

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header   OFFENSIVE_RULE1    Subject =~ /sexy/i
describe OFFENSIVE_RULE1    Banned Subject sexy
score    OFFENSIVE_RULE1    5

body     OFFENSIVE_RULE2    /sexy/i
describe OFFENSIVE_RULE2    Banned body text sexy
score    OFFENSIVE_RULE2    5
Add rules as needed and adjust scores accordingly

Reload MailScanner

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service MailScanner reload
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Re: Using MCP to block offensive content

Post by buzzzo »

Works but if i try to release from quarantine the mail is not delivered to mailbox as with other blocked stuff (like spam)
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Change the following and reload mailscanner:

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Is Definitely Not MCP = &SQLWhitelist
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Post by buzzzo »

Thx it works.
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Post by microcore »

When the MCP active in the EFA did not deliver the mail ....
Because I happen?

thanks
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When an email is flagged as MCP, it is set to store-mcp in this example but not deliver the mail.

Is this what is happening? Or is all mail not being delivered?
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Post by DemonRok »

shawniverson wrote:When an email is flagged as MCP, it is set to store-mcp in this example but not deliver the mail.

Is this what is happening? Or is all mail not being delivered?
This is my conf:

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MCP Checks = yes
First Check = mcp
MCP Required SpamAssassin Score = 1
MCP High SpamAssassin Score = 10
MCP Header = X-%org-name%-MailScanner-EFA-MCPCheck:
Non MCP Actions = deliver
MCP Actions = deliver
High Scoring MCP Actions = deliver
...but email with MCP score doesn't delivered
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Re: Using MCP to block offensive content

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DemonRok wrote:
...but email with MCP score doesn't delivered
the same thing happens for tagged Spam with enabled MCP
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That's interesting. I am going to do some testing and see if I can figure out what is happening here.
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shawniverson wrote:That's interesting. I am going to do some testing and see if I can figure out what is happening here.
Thank You!
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Post by TNightster »

All,
Is it possible to config MCP from the Webmin GUI? I've looked through the modules and didn't see a way.

Thanks for any info.

B
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Post by shawniverson »

Not currently, although we are working on testing out MSRE (MailScanner Rule Editor) support in MailWatch.
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*bump*

Is this covered by https://github.com/E-F-A/v3/issues/26, or does it need its own issue?
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header OFFENSIVE_RULE7 To =~ /all@domain.com/i
describe OFFENSIVE_RULE7 Banned header text all@domain.com
score OFFENSIVE_RULE7 5


Whill this be ok to quarantine all messages to: all@domain.com ?
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Post by pdwalker »

it looks ok.

test it, see if messages to all@domain.com are quarantined properly.

testing will only take a couple of minutes
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messages were scored without MCP score :(

MCP: N
High Scoring MCP: N
SpamAssassin MCP: N
MCP Whitelisted: N
MCP Blacklisted: N
MCP Score: 0.00
MCP Report: MCP-Clean, MCP-Checker (score=0, required 1)
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Post by pdwalker »

ok, so we need to diagnose the problem.

Did you reload MailScanner after changing the rules?

What file did you edit and put your rules into?

Can you create a rule using just the subject (like my example above) and see if that triggers MCP?

We need to figure out where it is failing before we can fix it.
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I have:
- edited MailScanner.conf with Your guide,
- created file file.cf in /etc/mailscanner/mcp with rules,
- checked 3times both files,
- reloaded mailscanner,
- rebooted

Still the same - nothing

Message with subject was quarantined :) so Your rule worked fine:
MCP: Y
High Scoring MCP: N
SpamAssassin MCP: Y
MCP Whitelisted: N
MCP Blacklisted: N
MCP Score: 5.00
MCP Report: "."
Score Matching Rule Description
OFFENSIVE_RULE2

So my question now is: how should look like proper rule for scoring TO: email@adress.com ?
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ok, that's good news. It means MCP is working.

All we have to do is figure out a correct rule for handling "To:" in the header.

Give me a few minutes to test this.
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header   MCP_TEST2         To: =~ /pdwtest\@ddguidelines.com/i
describe MCP_TEST2         testing header To checking
score    MCP_TEST2         10
You have to "escape" the @ symbol in order to get the match to work correctly.

That's why it didn't work for you initially (or for me :D )

Remember this rule only works for "To:" It doesn't work for "Cc:" or "Bcc:"
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Post by maciekh »

thank You :)

IT WORKS :)
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Don't forget to test "releasing" the message to see if it will get sent correctly.
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