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Date:      Mon, 8 Dec 2014 23:29:55 +0000
From:      RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: How to report a spammer so SpamAssassin can filter it out
Message-ID:  <20141208232955.6033e569@gumby.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1412081652580.24670@bret-dd-workstation.busby.net>
References:  <548450C6.4040207@gmail.com> <AEAEB6E9BBE5527E68C19E80@[192.168.1.50]> <548551C9.2050004@gmail.com> <alpine.DEB.2.00.1412081652580.24670@bret-dd-workstation.busby.net>

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On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 17:09:28 +0800 (AWST)
Bret Busby wrote:



> I would be wary of using the filtering that you have detailed.
> 
> The two blacklist lines are, I believe, too non-specific.
>...
> The problems that I see with those two blacklist lines, include, as 
> examples, for the first line; "*.cn", all *.cnet.com<|.*> 

They are globs, as in filename globbing in a unix shell; *.cn matches
only email addresses that end in ".cn". 


If *.cn matched *.cnet.com there wouldn't be any point in supporting
the "*" wildcard.




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