Configure User specific Filters for MPE's Mail Services

Each user has the opportunity to preprocess his incoming mail stream by a filter. Usual applications are:

• putting mails from certain senders or with special subjects in a special folder
• storing or dropping tagged Spam messages depending on the score

Calling the Editor for Filters

Login in [https://mpemail.mpe.mpg.de/tpl MPE mailer user interface] and choose menue 'Edit Filter'

Remark:

• Mailfolders are generated automatically
• After finish editing a filter a syntax check is performed. If any errors a error message will be displayed and the old filter is not overwritten. The editor keeps your edited product.

the standard filter as a example

The standard filter is taken automatically if a new user is created. Take this contents as a template to construct your personal filter. Feel free to comment or discomment the given lines in order to enable functionalities.

PgSQLQuery(mydb, SELECT english_text FROM texts where id='filter')

further information for writing filters can be found in [http://www.exim.org/exim-html-current/doc/html/filter.html exim filter specs]

commands and variables

• $header_from
• $header_subject
• $sender_address The sender address that was received in the envelope of the message
• $reply_address The contents of the Reply-to: header, if the message has one; otherwise the contents of the From: header.
• $return_path The return path – that is, the sender field that will be transmitted as part of the message’s envelope if the message is sent to another host.

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