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:

Calling the Filter Editor

Login to [https://mpemail.mpe.mpg.de/tpl MPE mail user interface https://mail.mpe.mpg.de/tpl] and choose menu 'Edit Filter'

Remark:

the standard filter as a example

The standard filter contents is copied automatically to a new user's environment. Take this contents as a template to construct your personal filter. Feel free to comment or discomment the given lines in order to enable/disable functionalities.

#Exim filterBR #BR #if $header_from: contains "myimportantfromaddress" thenBR #save /home/virtual_mail/$local_part/BR #finishBR #endifBR

#if $h_x-spam-level: begins "********" thenBR #seen finishBR #endifBR #BR

if $h_x-spam-level: begins "****" then BR save /home/virtual_mail/$local_part/.Spam/BR endifBR #BR

#if $h_from: contains "virusalert@rzg.mpg.de" thenBR #seen finishBR #endifBR

Please note that the first line has to begin with a '#Exim filter' line. The filter is read sequential from up to down.

variables

commands

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