Thankyou all. it is obvious why I had problems, but of course when dealing with spam, I try everything, usually the hard way first. Can TF filter on a subject header with a few blanks before and after the word hi? for example " hi " -Kerry
At 01:25 PM 1/29/2004 -0600, you wrote: >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 >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > WWW server hosting Http://mntnweb.com >> > Kerry Barlow >> > p.o. box 21 >> > kirkwood ny >> > 13795 >> > 607-775-1575 >> > >> > This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. >> > To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite >> > http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite >> > Rock Solid Software (tm) >> >> This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. >> To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite >> http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite >> Rock Solid Software (tm) >> > >This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. > To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite > http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite > Rock Solid Software (tm) > > -Yours with much regard -Kerry This is the discussion list for the IMS Free email server software. To unsubscribe send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Delivered by Rockliffe MailSite http://www.rockliffe.com/mailsite Rock Solid Software (tm)
