Charlot, Firmin wrote: > Hi Brian, > Thanks for explanation on what's going on behind the scenes. It makes > sense to me. Even thought I was notified <per message below), I am > really not affected because I really don't have any filters - just the > shell of a filter. Therefore, I don't need to take any steps. > Is that a fair assessment? > > Firm. > That is a fair assessment. :) ./brm > -----Original Message----- > From: MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Brian Martinez > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 10:22 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] Incorrect Warning About Mail Filters > > Chris Wolf wrote: > >> I just received the warning from ATS (below) that I am using filters >> > on > >> old.mail.msu.edu. I did not believe that I have any filters, so I >> > logged on > >> to old.mail.msu.edu to check. When I go to the Filters screen, the >> > heading > >> "Existing mail filters:" is followed by an empty box, as I expected. >> >> Have others received an incorrect warning about this? I have used >> > filters on > >> MSU mail in the past, but have not had any for a couple of years. >> > Does this > >> somehow cause the false warning for my account? >> >> > Chris, > > The warning is technically *not* incorrect. We generated the list of > "mail filter users" based on the mere presence of a .mailfilter file. If > > you've ever had a filter then you were on the list. When you delete > filter rules, the shell of the rule remains. It looks like this: > > [log in to unmask] > import SENDER > if ($SENDER eq "") > { > SENDER=$FROM > } > > to "./Maildir/." > > > That tells it to "filter" every message intended for you (if you happen > to be "sparty") into your main Inbox. We cannot open up ever single > .mailfilter file for two reasons. First and foremost, because of the > AUP, but also because it would be too daunting of a task. There are over > > 9,000 mailfilters in place and there are five of us working here right > now. > > Hope that helps. > ./brm > >