Whitelist / User Whitelist not working

[Items_GmbH]

Hi there
I have a problem with the mail filter settings.
I created a rule for filtering .doc & .xls files as spam, this is workling flawlessly

But here is the problem:
I receive a mail with .doc file from a sender which is in the user whitelist.

In my settings, the Whitelist rule has a much higher priority than "block .doc files" but the mail is blocked.

What to do?

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

See the reference documentation on the effects of the user-whitelist (it only affects the Spamscoring of a mail):
https://pmg.proxmox.com/pmg-docs/pmg-admin-guide.html#pmgconfig_whitelist_overview

You'd need to add the sender to a Who-object (or Match Field if you want to match the From header) and create a fitting rule with them.

I hope this helps!

 

[Items_GmbH]

Thanks for your reply
Is it possible to add the "user whitelist" to a "who object" and add it as group to a rule?

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

Is it possible to add the "user whitelist" to a "who object" and add it as group to a rule?

No - as it serves a different purpose

 

[Items_GmbH]

OK, thank you for this.
Different approach:
Is it possible to make a custom spam score for a mail containing .doc and .xls files?

 

[Items_GmbH]

Any ideas here?
A custom rule for increasing the spam score if an attachment is a .doc or .xls file would help me a lot

 

[Items_GmbH]

I think i solved this

I installed and activated this Plugin for Spamassassin:
https://github.com/mxguardian/Mail-SpamAssassin-Plugin-AttachmentDetail

After that i edited my custom.cf with:

attachment BLOCK_XLS_RULE      type  == application/vnd.ms-excel
score BLOCK_XLS_RULE 5

attachment BLOCK_DOC_RULE      type  == application/msword
score BLOCK_DOC_RULE 5

Result:
Mail containing a .doc and/or .xls file as attachment -> +5 Spam Score

And as Stoiko said: "...user-whitelist (it only affects the Spamscoring of a mail)"