Right. I think such a filter would be safer in Trash Finder (which would
only look in the Subject: line), but even there, it wouldn't be a good idea.
For instance, "Subject: This is a test" would be trapped, because "this"
includes "hi".
Randy.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ted
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 9:39 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Filteri.dat filtering on headers
>
>
> I think filteri.dat checks the entire header, not just the
> subject line. so you
> might need to open the trapped msg file in an editor or view the
> source of the
> message to see the entire header. and any time the the letter h
> is immediately
> followed by the letter i in that header your message would be
> trapped. that
> probably would happen somewhat frequently, I'd think.
>
> Kerry Barlow wrote:
>
> > Hello all: I made a mistake recently and do not understand why
> it caused me
> > problems. I had a customer getting many spam letters with the
> only subject
> > line being Hi (the abbreviation for hello, no quotes around
> it) I put the
> > word Hi into the filteri.dat file, and repopped services.
> > Now for some reason the plugin is trashing hundreds of good
> letters. I check
> > the SCSM filters spam log file and
> > It will say, message trashed because HI found in header file. I read the
> > entire message from the trash bin, and I do not see the word Hi or any
> > combination of such a thing in the header. What is going on here?
> > First of all. isnt the header file and the subject file the
> same thing? Is
> > there a differance?
> > Secondly: If I cannot visibly see the string Hi in any portion of the
> > letter, what is SCSM filter seeing that I cannot?
> > Thanks to everyone for their assistance.
> > Very respectfully, your obedient servant.
> > Brig. Gen. Johnston Pettigrew
> >
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> > Kerry Barlow
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> > kirkwood ny
> > 13795
> > 607-775-1575
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