WatchWordEnforcement bug?

[LostMail]

I have only one watchword, which is two digits. Let's say YY

I send mail to 123123YY.myaddress@spamgourmet.com

Ok, that's cool. It works.

But also

123123.myaddress@spamgourmet.com works, even YY is 99.

How's that possible. Yes I checked it was first mail and that address was created day after I did put watchword enforcement on.

Maybe it doesn't work with format like something.myaddress@spamgourmet.com, it would require using something.5.myaddress@spamgourmt.com, maybe?

Best Regards,
Lostmail

[SysKoll]

I am not sure of how watchwords work with partial addresses. You really need a complete, 3-part address to be in the mainstream case. The rest is at best a side effect of the current code and might change.

[josh]

I'm not sure I understand -- I tried it with the watchword '99'. I created test99.[user]@xoxy.net, and it worked. I then sent a message to test.[user]@xoxy.net and it didn't create an address -- I also see an entry in the eaten message log that corresponds to what I sent.

I'm probably missing something -- can you give more details?

[LostMail]

I'm probably missing something -- can you give more details?

I retried, and still got same results.

I have only one watchword which is 05

I did send email to following NEW addresses...

010104.lostmail@spamgourmet.com
010105.lostmail@spamgourmet.com

Guess what, both email addresses got to database and both email came trough... I though that the watch word enforcement would prevent creation of addresses that doesn't contain 05 part. But maybe I missed something.

Best Regards,
Lost Mail / IT System Specialist

[josh]

Are you being literal with the examples? I don't see any records in the database the correspond to an account with a watchword of 05 and a message with a Word of 010104 or 010105.

[LostMail]

Are you being literal with the examples? I don't see any records in the database the correspond to an account with a watchword of 05 and a message with a Word of 010104 or 010105.

Actually yes, but only username is different with the account I tested it with. I'll email you more detailed information.

Best Regards,
Anti-LostMail

[LostMail]

Oups! I'm happy to tell that this case was caused by Stupid User Error. *laugh*

I didin't notice that there is separate switch to enable / disable watchword enforcement. Because trusted senders and prefix filtering work instantly.

Best Regards,
Stupid User aka LostMail