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NAME

       mailfilterrc - Mailfilter configuration file

SYNOPSIS

       $HOME/.mailfilterrc

DESCRIPTION

       For a quick start read the INSTALL file provided with the Mailfilter distribution and copy
       its example configuration. This is enough to run the program with some basic features.

       Generally the rcfile contains all of Mailfilter's settings and  information  on  the  mail
       accounts  that should be checked for spam. It is possible to place remarks in that file by
       beginning a line with `#'.

       It does not matter in which order keywords are inserted, except for the account set-up. To
       define an account you must use this whole block of commands:

              SERVER = "your.pop.server.com"
              USER = "your.username"
              PASS = "your.password"
              PROTOCOL = "pop3"
              PORT = 110

       Currently  Mailfilter supports the POP3, and APOP protocols which usually communicate over
       port 110.  However, port 995 is required, if Mailfilter is instructed to communicate using
       the SSL layer as in:

              SERVER = "your.pop.ssl.server.com"
              USER = "your.username"
              PASS = "your.password"
              PROTOCOL = "pop3/ssl"
              PORT = 995

KEYWORDS

       Generally  the  rcfile  is  not case-sensitive, which means it does not matter whether the
       keywords are spelled in capitals or not. You can place white space characters  before  and
       in between a command and its parameters.

              # This is a typical comment
              DENY = "^Subject:.*Get rich fast"

       To   see  some  example  applications  of  the  engaged  keywords,  please  refer  to  the
       mailfilterex(5) man page.

       ALLOW = "expression"
              This keyword can be used to override spam  filters  i.e.  to  define  `friends'.  A
              message that matches any ALLOW rules will not be filtered or deleted. ALLOW takes a
              Regular Expression as argument.

       DEL_DUPLICATES = "[yes|no]"
              This keyword can be used to delete duplicates of messages sent to  one  or  several
              accounts  at  once,  i.e. it removes redundant e-mails. DEL_DUPLICATES takes either
              `yes' or `no' as argument. The default value is `no'.

       DENY = "expression"
              This keyword can be used to define spam filters. Messages that match  spam  filters
              (unless  they match an ALLOW rule at the same time) are being deleted from the mail
              server. DENY takes a Regular Expression as argument.

       DENY <> "expression"
              This keyword can be used to define a negative spam filter.  Messages  that  do  not
              match  the  negative  filters  are  being  deleted  from the server. DENY<> takes a
              Regular Expression as argument, e.g. `DENY<>^To:.*my_username'.

       DENY_CASE = "expression"
              This keyword can be used to define case-sensitive spam filters.  It  overrides  the
              default  settings  for case-sensivity (see REG_CASE for details). DENY_CASE takes a
              Regular Expression as argument.

       DENY_CASE <> "expression"
              This keyword can be used  to  define  negative  case-sensitive  spam  filters.   It
              overrides  the  default  settings  for  case-sensivity  (see REG_CASE for details).
              DENY_CASE<> takes a Regular Expression as argument.

       DENY_NOCASE = "expression"
              This keyword can be used to define case-insensitive spam filters. It overrides  the
              default settings for case-sensivity (see REG_CASE for details). DENY_NOCASE takes a
              Regular Expression as argument.

       DENY_NOCASE <> "expression"
              This keyword can be used to define  negative  case-insensitive  spam  filters.   It
              overrides  the  default  settings  for  case-sensivity  (see REG_CASE for details).
              DENY_NOCASE<> takes a Regular Expression as argument.

       HIGHSCORE = value
              This keyword can be used to define a discrete threshold upon which messages  should
              be deleted.  Individual scores are accumulated by assigning values and filters with
              the SCORE or MAXSIZE_SCORE keywords.  Its default value is 100.

       INCLUDE = "path"
              This keyword can be used to include additional configuration files  into  the  main
              Mailfilter  rcfile.  That  is,  the program settings may be conveniently split into
              several different files. INCLUDE expects a path and file name as argument.

       LOGFILE = "path"
              This keyword can be used to define a log file for Mailfilter. The log file is being
              used to store error messages and information on deleted messages. LOGFILE expects a
              path and file name as argument.

       MAXLENGTH = value
              This keyword can be used to define  a  maximum  string  length  that  must  not  be
              exceeded  by any field of a message header. The according Internet standard RFC 822
              suggests a limit of 998 characters  per  field.  This  option  even  overrides  any
              `friendly' ALLOW rules, i.e. deletes them if they exceed the limit. Assigning a `0'
              disables the feature.

       MAXSIZE_ALLOW = value
              This keyword can be used to define a maximum message size that must not be exceeded
              by  all  messages that match any ALLOW rule. (One could say, this is the size limit
              `friends' should not exceed.) The limit does not affect other messages. To define a
              more  general message size limit, use MAXSIZE_DENY instead. MAXSIZE_ALLOW takes the
              number of bytes as argument. Assigning a `0' disables this feature.

       MAXSIZE_DENY = value
              This keyword can be used to define a general message size limit that  must  not  be
              exceeded.  (Unless  the  incoming  message  matches  an  ALLOW  rule.  In that case
              MAXSIZE_ALLOW would apply.) MAXSIZE_DENY takes the number  of  bytes  as  argument.
              Assigning a `0' disables this feature.

       MAXSIZE_SCORE value = value
              This  keyword  can  be  used  to  attach a score to a size limit.  If that limit is
              exceeded, then the score will be added to the accumulated score from applying other
              scored  filters (see the SCORE keyword below).  The first value (before `=') is the
              score, the second value (after `=') is the size limit.  Assigning a `0'  to  either
              the score or the size limit disables this feature.

       NORMAL = "[yes|no]"
              This  keyword  tells  Mailfilter  to `normalise' the subject strings in messages. A
              normalised string consists only of alpha-numeric characters. When normalisation  is
              turned  on,  Mailfilter  tries  to  apply its filters first to the original subject
              line, before it tries to match the normalised one. NORMAL  takes  either  `yes'  or
              `no' as argument. The default value is `no'.

       REG_CASE = "[yes|no]"
              This  keyword  can  be  used  to  define  how  Mailfilter  should treat its Regular
              Expressions, case-sensitive or case-insensitive. REG_CASE  takes  either  `yes'  as
              argument  to  enable  case-sensivity  or otherwise `no' to disable it.  The default
              behaviour is to ignore the case.

       REG_TYPE = "[basic|extended]"
              This keyword can be used to define which  type  of  Regular  Expression  Mailfilter
              should  use.  REG_TYPE can either be switched to `extended' or `basic'. The default
              value is `basic'.

       SCORE value = "expression"
              This keyword can be used to assign a score to a  filter.   It  expects  a  discrete
              number  and  a Regular Expression filter as input.  If the filter matches a line of
              the message header, the score is being accumulated to previously  matched  filters.
              (See mailfilterex (5) for an example.)

       SCORE value <> "expression"
              This  keyword  can  be  used in the same fashion as SCORE, but it assigns the score
              only if the filter can not be matched to any line of the message header.

       SCORE_CASE value = "expression"
              This keyword is similar to SCORE, but it treats  the  Regular  Expression  as  case
              sensitive filter, regardless of other program settings.

       SCORE_CASE value <> "expression"
              This  keyword  can  be  used  in the same fashion as SCORE_CASE, but it assigns the
              score only if the filter can not be matched to any line of the message header.

       SCORE_NOCASE value = "expression"
              This keyword is similar to SCORE, but it treats  the  Regular  Expression  as  case
              insensitive filter, regardless of other program settings.

       SCORE_NOCASE value <> "expression"
              This  keyword  can  be used in the same fashion as SCORE_NOCASE, but it assigns the
              score only if the filter can not be matched to any line of the message header.

       SERVER / USER / PASS / PROTOCOL / PORT
              These keywords can only be used as a whole and in the given  order.  Such  a  block
              defines  an  e-mail  account  to be checked for spam by Mailfilter. A typical block
              looks like this:

                     SERVER = "your.pop.server.com"
                     USER = "your.username"
                     PASS = "your.password"
                     PROTOCOL = "protocol"
                     PORT = 110

              It is especially important to not change the arrangement of  this  block.   At  the
              moment,  PROTOCOL supports either `pop3' (`pop3/ssl'), or `apop' (`apop/ssl').  The
              normal variant usually corresponds to port 110, while encrypted  communication  via
              SSL, typically, requires port 995.

       SHOW_HEADERS = "path"
              This keyword can be used to store the message headers of absolutely all filtered e-
              mails of an account. SHOW_HEADERS expects a  path  and  a  file  name  as  argument
              indicating where to store the headers in.

       TEST = "[yes|no]"
              This keyword prevents Mailfilter from deleting any messages on any e-mail accounts.
              It is useful to experiment with filters and Regular  Expressions  and  to  see  how
              Mailfilter  reacts  to the user's changes. The option can be turned on by assigning
              `yes' to TEST. The default value is `no'.

       TIMEOUT = value
              This keyword can be used to define a server response time out in seconds.  That is,
              the  mail  server  has  to  respond  to an issued command within a given time span,
              otherwise Mailfilter will drop the connection and issue an error. TIMEOUT takes  an
              integer value as argument. The default is set to 30 (seconds).

       VERBOSE = value
              This  keyword  can be used to define the level of verbosity. It takes an integer as
              argument.

              0      Silent, show nothing at all

              1      Only show errors

              2      Only show "Deleted..." messages and errors

              3      Default; Show "Deleted..." messages,  errors and "Examining..." messages

              4      Like (3), except this also shows the current account's username

              5      Like (4), except this also shows which filter matched which string of an  e-
                     mail header

              6      Debugging mode; prints out almost everything

DEPRECATED KEYWORDS

       There are a few keywords from older versions of Mailfilter that are not supported anymore.
       The following list contains all these keywords and recommends substitutes.

       ICASE  Use REG_CASE instead.

       MAXSIZE
              Use MAXSIZE_ALLOW and MAXSIZE_DENY instead.

       MODE   Use VERBOSE instead.

       Even though Mailfilter still `silently' supports some of these words, you can not rely  on
       that for future versions. It is highly recommended to update old configuration files.

SEE ALSO

       mailfilter(1), mailfilterex(5), regex(7)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2000-2020 Andreas Bauer <baueran@gmail.com>

       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO warranty; not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.