Re: Is anyone here? If so, I have a TMDA question

[Hippo M. <hip...@gm...>]

I figured out the answer to my question.

In case anyone might come to this mailing list some
day and wants to know how I solved my problem, here
is how I did so ...

I can implement item #2 in my list below by means of
an "incoming" filter. I created a "holdlist" file to contain
match patterns for the set of addresses that I want to
automatically put into a pending state, and I put the
following rule into my incoming filter ...

from-file ~/.tmda/lists/holdlist hold

Now, I have succcessfully implemented all three items
in my list.

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On Mon, May 30, 2022 at 7:51 PM Hippo Man <hip...@gm...> wrote:

> I've been using TMDA for something like 15 years, and I am still
> getting lots of benefit from it and am still very happy with it.
>
> If there is anyone who is actually reading this email list these days,
> I have a question about the use of TMDA.
>
> My question is this: I want to set up the following filtering rules ...
>
> (1) If the sender's email address is on a very small list (less than a
> dozen entries), I'd like the sender to be blacklisted.
>
> (2) if the sender's email address is on a very small list (less than a
> dozen entries), I'd like the email to be held in the pending queue.
>
> (3) If any email arrives whose sender address is not in either of those
> two small lists, I'd like it to be delivered.
>
> If all I had to deal with were item 1 and item 3, I could set
> ACTION_INCOMING
> to "ok" and simply put the unwanted sender addresses into a blacklist file.
>
> However, I don't know how to also handle item 2 along with items 1 and 3.
> Is what I want to do even possible with TMDA?
>
> If anyone is actually reading this email list and can answer my question,
> I will be greatly appreciative!
>
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>  hip...@gm...
>  Take a hippopotamus to lunch today.
>