On 13/6/04 2:49 pm, "Bill Calamita" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> on 6/13/04 4:06 AM, Kirk McElhearn at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> One thing the junk filter does nothing against is spam sent "from" my e-mail >>> address. The problem with the exclusive setting is that it only looks at >>> from addresses and your contact list, but there is tons of spam that has >>> forged addresses. >> >> For which I have created a rule that essentially says: >> >> If the e-mail address is mine but the contact name is not me, then flag as >> junk. > > How did you do this? > > I created a rule that says if the 'from' field contains my email address, > _and_ the 'from' field _doesn't_ contain my name, mark it as junk. > > Is there a better way of making this rule? > Rather than rely on the display name (which can also be forged), in some of my accounts I add an extra 'x-barry' header which says "Yes, it's me!". Then use the mail rule to check for the presence of that header. -- Barry Wainwright Microsoft MVP (see http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details) Seen the All-New Entourage Help Pages? - Check them out: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- 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/>
