How train MailScanner to not send emails to noreply addresses?

[Sergio]

Hello, Sarah.

Would you be kind to tell how to add a rule server wide to not send emails to addresses that are noreplay@anydomain.clt ?

Thanks,
Sergio

[csfan]

Does blacklisting "To: noreply\@*" (without the quotes) in MailScanner not work? Or, an exim filter rule to drop them?

[Sergio]

i don't want to blacklist any "noreplay@" address, what I want is not to send an automatic replay to any "noreplay@", both are different situations.

Thanks for your help.

Sergio

[Sarah]

I'm not aware of any way to do what you are asking in the MailScanner configuration. You'd probably have to write an exim rule.

[csfan]

i don't want to blacklist any "noreplay@" address, what I want is not to send an automatic replay to any "noreplay@", both are different situations.

That's true. I take it this is for auto-responders? If so, something like this in your exim filter file should stop automatic replies to any noreply@ address.

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if $reply_address contains "noreply@"
then
seen finish
endif

The $reply_address variable will first check to see if a Reply-To: header exists in the incoming message. If not, it will check the From: header for the presence of "noreply@".

"seen finish" makes sure the automatic reply is never sent and halts any further actions on it.

Hope the above helps.

[Sergio]

Thanks, csfan.

I am asking for a rule for MailScanner, something like:

To: noreply@* and From: *@* no

So, I don't have to mess with exim.
MailScanner rules are easier to manage and can be copied on all my servers.

Maybe adding that rule under spam.blacklist.rules?

Sergio

[csfan]

I am asking for a rule for MailScanner, something like:

To: noreply@* and From: *@* no

That should work fine. Although, you would want "yes" as the desired action, so that MailScanner can get the message blacklisted.

You could even probably omit the From: bit, as the To: header is what matters in this case.

[Sergio]

I will give it a try, thanks.

I will add:
To: noreplay@* no

Sergio

[csfan]

You will need "yes" as the action so as to blacklist any emails where the To: header contains noreply@.

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To: noreply@* yes