RE: [IMail Forum] Rules equal not working

[Marc A. Funaro]

Title: RE: [IMail Forum] Rules equal not working

mxGuard filters email based on blacklists and other criteria, and adding informatoin to the message header.  The latest version also has virus protection capabilities.  I doubt it has, or will have, the functionality to do what you want -- that's not what it was meant to do, afaik.  It simply does header (and soon, subject) modification, which then allows you to set up filters based on those modifications.  It does not handle "blocking", moving mail to specific folders, or deleting mail.  David Gregg, certainly correct me if I'm wrong!

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Wolverton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 11:13 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Rules equal not working

Thanks Scott, not what I wanted to hear.  Wonder if mxGuard will do it?  I will contact them.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: R. Scott Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 10:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Rules equal not working

>I am trying to block mail with subject of only "hi" so I added this rule:
>
>S=hi:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

That will block any E-mail with "hi" in this subject, including "This is a
subject".

>So tried:
>
>S=\shi\s:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>This doesn't block anything but " hi "

Correct.

>Thought this should be a no brainer.  Can anyone help a newbee?
>
>Also looking to block "Hi" and "HI" at the same time.

This is just an inherent flaw with filters.  They are designed to detect
strings of characters, but you are looking for one that understands
language (specifically where one word ends and another begins).  That goes
beyond the scope of standard filtering.  I'm not aware of any tools for
IMail that would let you accomplish that.

                                                    -Scott
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