On 12/23/02 01:05, Paul Berkowitz wrote: > On 12/22/02 9:42 PM, "Ken Gordon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> It does not appear to be possible to create rules based on an IMAP message's >> content. In Apple Mail, I created a number of rules that were based on >> content - messages that contained, for example, "We are strongly against >> sending unsolicited emails" were immediately deleted, as were other similar >> things like messages mentioning H.R. 4176, etc. This turned out to be >> enormously successful in eliminating a very large part of the spam I was >> receiving. Now since I moved to Entourage X I am getting those messages once >> more, and when I went to recreate those rules in Entourage X it appears to >> be impossible. Am I missing something? > > I suppose it may have something to do with the having to read the whole > cache, but it's equally possible that it's a bug: no "Message body" > criterion for IMAP Rules. You're quite right. Let's see if an MBU person has > an answer.
I'm not 'an MBU person', but my guess is that it's because only the headers are downloaded for an IMAP message, so a Rule can't check the message body. A workaround might be to use a Rule to 'retrieve from server', then run an AppleScript that checks the message's content and takes appropriate action...but that assumes the script would actually be getting the complete message to work with. You'd probably want to limit it to messages where the recipient isn't in your Address Book. George -- George Clark - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
