Melvin wrote: > After reviewing 2+ years of past mail, simply blocking anything that > starts with "You've received" does the job just fine and should have any > false positives. Trying to accurately parse all the variants seems to > be a wasted effort and only creates a hole for things to slip through. > > YMMV of course, but since all my spam goes to a catch all, it isn't the > end of the world, at least for me.
I did the same exact review of my mail, and my findings are identical. Or you can have fun matching all of the unique variants I have received over time: you've received a greeting card from a class mate! you've received a greeting card from a class-mate! you've received a greeting card from a colleague! you've received a greeting card from a family member! you've received a greeting card from a friend! you've received a greeting card from a mate! you've received a greeting card from a neighbor! you've received a greeting card from a neighbour! you've received a greeting card from a partner! you've received a greeting card from a school friend! you've received a greeting card from a school mate! you've received a greeting card from a school-mate! you've received a greeting card from a worshipper! you've received a greeting ecard from a class mate! you've received a greeting ecard from a class-mate! you've received a greeting ecard from a colleague! you've received a greeting ecard from a family member! you've received a greeting ecard from a friend! you've received a greeting ecard from a mate! you've received a greeting ecard from a neighbor! you've received a greeting ecard from a neighbour! you've received a greeting ecard from a partner! you've received a greeting ecard from a school friend! you've received a greeting ecard from a school mate! you've received a greeting ecard from a school-mate! you've received a greeting ecard from a worshipper! you've received a greeting postcard from a class-mate! you've received a postcard from a class mate! you've received a postcard from a class-mate! you've received a postcard from a colleague! you've received a postcard from a family member! you've received a postcard from a friend! you've received a postcard from a mate! you've received a postcard from a neighbor! you've received a postcard from a neighbour! you've received a postcard from a partner! you've received a postcard from a school friend! you've received a postcard from a school mate! you've received a postcard from a school-mate! you've received a postcard from a worshipper! you've received an ecard from a class mate! you've received an ecard from a class-mate! you've received an ecard from a colleague! you've received an ecard from a family member! you've received an ecard from a friend! you've received an ecard from a mate! you've received an ecard from a neighbor! you've received an ecard from a neighbour! you've received an ecard from a partner! you've received an ecard from a school friend! you've received an ecard from a school mate! you've received an ecard from a school-mate! you've received an ecard from a worshipper! you've received an ecard from a worshipper! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
