Yes, remove the user from the friends list, and add at the 'end' of the 
filters a rule

     if from HIDDEN@yz.com) accept ...

That will be equivalent to being a friend, but the exceptions will get 
processed.
     ChrisP.,


On 3/11/2016 2:12 a.m., Jim Lohiser wrote:
> I have discovered an issue with the per-user filter rules.  If the sender address is on the users spam whitelist (friend.lst), then then the message is not subjected to the user's filter rule processing (friend.rul).  In looking at the raw configuration files, it is understandable why this happens since the whitelist and the filter rules are both part of the friends system.
>
> Is there any way to exclude a sender from the spam filters for a user BUT still have the senders email processed with the user's filter rules?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Jim L
> N2Net
>