a call for peace (Re: SMTP AUTH)

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i quoted somebody as saying:

>> :0
>> * ^From:.*<dean@av8\.com
>> /dev/null

and was told by an actual procmail user the following:

That regex needs some work (the left-angle bracket excludes messages sent
with a bare address), and:

> it does no good for me to filter out the crackpots if the rest of
> you are just going to keep on replying to same.

if you can rely on at least some people to group-reply to mailing
lists as nature intended (which you didn't do, which is why I know
about this thread), then

> :0
> * (^From|To|Cc):.*dean@av8\.(com|net)
> /dev/null

does a better job. The following does very nicely for me, for the
record :slight_smile:

> # Valley of the Kooks
>
> :0
> * ^(From|To|Cc):.*baptista@(pccf\.net|dot-god\.com)
> /dev/null
>
> :0
> * ^(From|To|Cc):.*jwkckid1@ix\.netcom\.com
> /dev/null
>
> :0
> *
> ^(From|To|Cc):.*(jimfleming|jfleming)@(prodigy\.net|anet\.com|ameritech\.net)
> /dev/null
>
> :0
> * (^From|To|Cc):.*dean@av8\.(com|net)
> /dev/null

it's all klingon to me, but that's what i heard.

2

does a better job. The following does very nicely for me, for the
record :slight_smile:

# Valley of the Kooks

:0
* ^(From|To|Cc):.*baptista@(pccf\.net|dot-god\.com)
/dev/null

:0
* ^(From|To|Cc):.*jwkckid1@ix\.netcom\.com
/dev/null

:0
*
^(From|To|Cc):.*(jimfleming|jfleming)@(prodigy\.net|anet\.com|ameritech\.net)
/dev/null

:0
* (^From|To|Cc):.*dean@av8\.(com|net)
/dev/null

try a collapse to

:0
* ^(From:|TO_).*(\
629256.com|\
hjelc@sohu.com|\
Adam Todd|\
Anthony Atkielski|\
arewa-online.com|\
B\.S\.O\.|\
blaxthos@bash.org|\
benb@theriver.com|\
billcu@citynet.net|\
blh\@nol\.net|\
Bob Allisat|\
<lots more k00ks ...>|\
<last one, note lack of 'or bar'>\
)
/dev/null

though i do not actually have the TO_ match, which makes folk's
response to trogs annoying. but sometimes the respondents have
something useful to say.

randy