cPanel Mail Filter

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: cPanel Mail Filter

A couple of questions...

The regex option in the mail filter area - is it case sensitive?

Does the 'To' option apply to the value of the 'To:' header, or to the address the message was received on?
(I want to filter stuff that is sent to an address but has stuff like "newsletter-recipients@domain.com" in the To: field.)

Thanks.

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Peter,

I can't give you a definitive answer but I doubt that it would be case sensitive due to the nature of domain names/email addresses.

The To: option would apply to email addresses listed in the To: header.

I suggest using the Filter Tester on the filters page to ensure that any filters you create are performing the job you expect.

Thanks,

Andrew

Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject:

Heh, I used to filter to test it normally - for some reason it missed my mind entirely to test for case with it too! :S

And you're right, it's not case sensitive.

Found out the header I want for the second part is "Delivered-To:", but it only appears to apply when "To:" isn't the right address, so I just changed the match from header_to message_headers and put (Delivered-)?To:s* at the start and it appears to work okay in the tester.
Pity I had to keep deleting & adding the filter though, rather than editing the existing one.

NetHosted Staff Joined: 22 Mar 2004 Posts: 5684

Peter,

Yes I have also been frustrated by having to delete/add constantly. Hopefully cPanel will address this issue in the future.

Glad you have it working now.

Andrew

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