On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 12:24 -0500, Jason Bertoch wrote: > Does anyone have filter code they're willing to share that removes any > existing > "*****SPAM*****" tag in the Subject: header? > > I occasionally get customers that reply back-and-forth several times to a FP, > leaving the tag in place each time, then finally report to me that the reply > is > a FP. In many cases, the cause of the FP has already been fixed so each reply > is no longer considered spam, but the tag is still in place. Removing any
- People shouldn't use the subject line for for (automatic) filtering but some headers fields. - The tag is usually at the beginning of the subject. So having "Re:" or similar in front should actually tell the user something. - And if people (and MUAs) would actually thread their mailboxes by default, it would be obvious (IMHO) that the tag is just copied from the first mail in the thread. Short answer: There is no clean technical solution to a (pure) human problem. The problems range from starting to remove too much too early (on real spams) up to changing completely different subjects who just happen to have the spam marker in it (OK, the risk might be quite low, but it's there). > existing tag prior to processing with SA will reduce confusion on the > recipient's end, and save me a fair amount of leg work on the FP report. > > I realize that Subject: tagging is outdated, but it's what my customers > already > have rules for in their mail clients. Changing this habit is in the works, > but > it's also a slow process. But the only real solution ... Bernd -- Bernd Petrovitsch Email : [email protected] LUGA : http://www.luga.at _______________________________________________ NOTE: If there is a disclaimer or other legal boilerplate in the above message, it is NULL AND VOID. You may ignore it. Visit http://www.mimedefang.org and http://www.roaringpenguin.com MIMEDefang mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/mailman/listinfo/mimedefang
