Jeff wrote: > Parish wrote: >> Jeff wrote: >> >>> I've got myself confused. I have been using NS4.7. My ISP is trying to >>> help its users cut down on spam by comparing email to spam >>> "blacklists" and includes a "Spam = Yes" if the sender is on the list. >>> NS4.7 email filters don't include checking header info. >>> I installed NS7 PR and I don't think it allowed search in headers >>> either but I used the "customize" in the "filter rules" to create a >>> customized header called "header" before realizing it probably still >>> wouldn't search the actual header of the email. >> >> >> It does search the headers but not as a single entity but each >> individual element, e.g. the From line, the Subject: line, etc. You can >> call your filter "header" but you must search a specific line in the >> header. >> >> For example I had a filter that checked the (non-standard) X-From_ line. >> >> Can you post an example of the header? >> >>> Anyway I wanted to give Mozilla 1.0 a try and installed it. It used >>> the same profile folder as NS7. >>> I see that in the filter rules, along with Subject, Sender..... Age in >>> days, I have "header" there at the bottom of the list. >>> I guess it's from what I did in NS7 but when I go to "customize" and >>> select it for deletion, it is removed but when I go back to the filter >>> rules it's still there at the bottom of the list. Also, when I go back >>> in to "customize", its back again. I can't get rid of it. If I add >>> another one in "customize", say "test", I can remove that one and it >>> stays removed. >>> Any ideas how to remove it? >>> Also, I suppose this should go to the "wishlist" group, but is there >>> any plans to include a "Header" search option in the Filter Rules? >>> >> >> > > Here's an example of a email header that's been "blacklist" by my ISP (I > xxxx out my email address. Hope the line wrapping doesn't cause a > problem.). Using other email programs that search headers, I can ask it > to look for "Spam" and "yes" (looking for the line "X-Spam-Flag = YES) > and make have it delete the message - >
[snip] > X-Spam-Flag:YES OK, Tools->Message Filters, click New. In the left-hand drop-down select Customize. In the New Message Header box enter "X-Spam-Flag" without the quotes (don't include the ':' either). Click Add, then click OK to dismiss the Customize window. Back in the Filter Rules window select X-Spam-Flag from the left-hand drop-down. Leave the middle drop-down as Contains In the right-hand box type "YES" without the quotes. Set up the appropriate action in the Perform This Action at the bottom of the window, click OK, and wait for some spam ;-) HTH > X-Spam-Checker-Version:SpamAssassin 2.01 (devel $Id: SpamAssassin.pm,v > 1.61 2002/01/25 04:41:02 jmason Exp $) > X-Spam-Report:10.28 hits, 5 required; * 0.7 -- Subject is all capitals * > 0.5 -- Subject has an exclamation mark * 1.9 -- From: ends in numbers * > 1.0 -- Missing Date: header * 3.3 -- HTML-only mail, with no text > version * 2.8 -- Subject is full of 8-bit characters > > -- The day Microsoft stop making products that suck will be the day they start making vacuum cleaners. Anti-spam e-mail address, sorry for the inconvenience
