xmail-1.0 Filtering on RedHat 7.0

[wmikrut]

Ok, I previously posted that I was having some trouble recieving mail externally and internally. I have fixed that problem and all is working well.

I do have a question about filtering though. I have a file setup in the /filters directory named nightingale.com.tab. Here is the content of this file:

"/var/MailRoot/bin/nightingale.sh"[TAB]"@@FROM"


Here is what the nightingale.sh script file looks like:
#!/bin/bash
echo "Script nightingale.sh executed" >> /tmp/smtperror.log
if [ $1 = "user@nightingale.com" ]
then
exit 99
fi


My goal here would be to block any mail from user@nightingale.com - perhaps more users in the future if I required it.

Any reason why this does not work? I added the echo just to see if the script was at least being called...and it's not.

William W. Mikrut
wmikrut@wmikrut.com



Edited by - wmikrut on 22 September 2001 08:23:05

[Aram]

Hi William,

I guess you know that '[TAB]' is a control key and not meant literally, so you should use the Tabulator key.

Another problem could be that you didn't terminate the line with a linefeed. The syntax of the file is :

"command"[TAB]"arg-or-macro"[TAB]...[NEWLINE]

I presume the script is ok since I've no experience in scripting on Unix/Linux.

- Aram Tutunciyan -

[wmikrut]

Hi Aram,

Thanks for the reply!
I used the [TAB] keyword in my example for documentation purposes only. Here is the location and content of my .tab file

/var/MailRoot/filters/nightingale.com.tab
"/var/MailRoot/bin/default.sh" "@@FROM"

I made sure there was a newline in the .tab file, and I have executed the nightingale.sh script to make sure it works. I even opened up RWX authority for everyone to make sure access was not denied when the script was run.

[wmikrut]

Ok, I figured out what I was going wrong... (exactly why I souldn't work on these things until I get some sleep).

I learned how to read this weekend --- and I realized I was setting up my filter incorrectly.

I needed to have a .tab file in the /filters directory for the account receiving mail. In my example - I needed a wmikrut@wmikrut.com.tab file --- then I can pass parameters and handle filtering.

I added this file - and everything works just fine.