Add "Add to blocked MCP" link in mailscanner/detail.php page

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fbessone
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Add "Add to blocked MCP" link in mailscanner/detail.php page

Post by fbessone »

Hello everybody,

Maybe its not smart, but i propose it anyway ;)
What do you think of adding a LINK near the subject of the email you see in "detail.php" page to ban the subject ?
As an image is worth 1000 words, i attach an image :)
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Many times i notice to be spammed with a mail that passes through SA and is believed clean and hits many users email addresses and floods for some days ... in that situations would take a second to ban that subject at voilà ...

what do you think ?
Thanks for reading
have a nice we!
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shawniverson
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Re: Add "Add to blocked MCP" link in mailscanner/detail.php page

Post by shawniverson »

I'm not sure blocking by subject like this is a safe/sane solution...

In theory and although unlikely, a legitimate email subject and illegitimate email subject could have the same subject.

Why not just block the sender domain or ip address?
fbessone
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Re: Add "Add to blocked MCP" link in mailscanner/detail.php page

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Because email domain is often spoofed, and email address sometimes is correct, maybe the sender email is a friend that is a virus victim and is spamming around.
Many times we receive tons of spam messages with a specific subject that really cant be used in a working environment (like ... "Hey babe, find your mate now !" ....) by now i put them manually in MPC but its not very fast to do
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pdwalker
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Re: Add "Add to blocked MCP" link in mailscanner/detail.php page

Post by pdwalker »

You're better off training spamassassin to see that as "spam".

That'll achieve the result you want without plugging up the system looking for keywords in subjects (or whole subjects).
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