Thanks for the the thoughtful reply, Allen.
On 7/6/04 8:18 PM, "Allen Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Sounds like you need a script, because the logic of what you are looking for
> is like this:
>
> any recipient contains erols.com AND is not me AND is not in my address
> book
>
That's exactly what I'm looking for, and I was concerned that I was just
missing a simple way to set up a rule. Too bad there is not rule that allows
multiple criteria for a single recipient. Very good we can use scripts.
> That is, the same recipient must meet all criteria; it's not enough that
> recipient 1 contains erols.com and recipient 3 is not in your address book.
> The tests must be made all on the same recipient.
Exactly right.
> You want to trigger only if it is an "erols.com" address which isn't you
> that is not in your address book. It has to be a script, because if there is
> more than one recipient, you need to isolate to test each individual
> recipient for all three criteria.
>
> You could set up a rule with "only recipient" that would do what you want
> for single-recipient messages. You could then do a reverse logic one for
> multiple-recipients that will trigger a script.
>
> Rule 1: only recipient is not me
> only recipient is not in my address book
> only recipient contains "erols.com"
This is a useful rule, but in my experience it is rarely the case that I
receive such a message.
> Rule 2: any recipient is not in my address book
>
> -- Run script
>
> Script:
>
> Pseudo-code:
> Get list of all recipients of message
> Loop thru list
> If this_recipient contains "erols.com" and this_recipient is not
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" then
> classify message as junk by adding category "Junk"
> end loop
This should not be too hard to translate - maybe it will teach me something
along the way.
> One thought: is "not me" really necessary? Aren't you in your own address
> book? And didn't you say that all valid erols.com addresses are in your
> address book? If so, that eliminates at least one test. That is,
>
> if it is not in your address book and contains "erols.com", for sure it
> isn't you.
>
Problem is, I have about 4 addresses that I use with some regularity. All
appear in my address list (different domains). But until I added separate
listings for two of them, only two of them seemed to be recognized by the
junk mail filter was my primary address. I know it shouldn't be that way,
but it was. And adding a second listing really helped. And yes, the database
is OK, and there are no other abnormalities. So in the script I might not
need the "is me" test, but in a rule I would have used it (if I could have
set up such a rule).
--
Bruce
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B R U C E K. klutch-at-erols.com
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