Hello Marck,
On Friday, April 5, 2002 at 10:06:54 AM you wrote in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (at least in part):
MDP Turn on Regular expressions and use /s/s/s/s/s (five contiguous
MDP spaces).
Or use it's shorter and more readable format:
\s{5}
with the additional correction
Does anyone have a ready made spam filter they could share? Are they
importable?
For a start, I would like to filter out all that foreign character
rubbish that I cannot read...and there are a million other messages I
want to avoid.
I have already set up an address book called Spam
Why not make the Filtering Strings | Strings settings in a filter
Filtering Strings | String or Filename?
The rationale for this is producing an easily updated anti-spam
filter; I'm getting a lot of spam from Taiwan for some reason so the
filter would have, among others:
Rule.Move messages
Hi Alastair,
On Tue, 8 Jan 2002 19:44:28 +GMT (09/01/2002, 03:44 +0800GMT),
Alastair Scott wrote:
AS Rule.Strings = .tw (Location = Anywhere, Presence = Yes)
AS Thoughts?
I understand you have never received a message I sent from home? My
cable provider is ethome.net.tw and this will be
On 9 January 2002 at 3:25 am Thomas wrote:
I understand you have never received a message I sent from home? My
cable provider is ethome.net.tw and this will be shown in the headers.
Please be carefull with declaring whole countries/TLD's as spammers.
At work there is no doubt :)
[This is
I never paid much attention before in email client mailing lists to
discussions about spam filters because my spam was negligible. It has
recently increased, though, presumably due to my email address being
on a web site. Now I'm wondering about all those articles. What is
the concept behind
Hello Listers,
On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, at 18:19:00 [GMT -0600] (which was 1:19 where I
live) Joseph wrote:
JN Is it to filter out known spam sending addresses, or to filter out
JN mail that has or does not have a particular string? Has anyone
JN here had much success? I need to have
Hi Joseph,
@ 7:19:00 PM on 11/14/2001, Joseph N. wrote:
JN What is the concept behind filtering for spam?
This has been answered somewhat, but for the record:
http://www.mail-archive.com/tbudl%40thebat.dutaint.com/msg17609.html
Fellow TB users,
I was planning to set up a filter where in all mails addressed to me in which the
sender's
name is not in the address book is put in a different folder. As per the
options in
'Advanced' in filters.
I just wanted to check whether the filter will check for all
Hi Raj,
Historians believe that Monday, September 10, 2001 at 16:05 GMT +0530
was when, Raj [R] typed the following:
R I just wanted to check whether the filter will check for all
R addresses for a particular entry or only the first one.
I use that as well. TB looks at all of them, just like
Hallo Shahar,
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:05:42 +0200 GMT (14/04/2001, 15:05 +0800 GMT),
Shahar wrote:
S I need a good advice and some help configure an anti spam filter.
S How do I do it ?
S Any Howto that I can read ?
Have you tried www.silverstones.com/thebat/faq.html ?
(BTW Marck, the section
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Hi Thomas,
On 14 April 2001 at 14:28:06 +0800 (which was 07:28 where I live)
Thomas wrote to Shahar on TBUDL and made these points:
T (BTW Marck, the section on filters is a few versions old - it still
T mentions politically incorrect "kill
Thomas,
Thank you. I guess that's a help.
Thank you for writing
On Saturday, April 14, 2001, at 08:28:06, Thomas wrote to Shahar about:
Anti spam filter setup
S Any Howto that I can read ?
Have you tried www.silverstones.com/thebat/faq.html
Hello list members
I need a good advice and some help configure an anti spam filter.
How do I do it ?
Any Howto that I can read ?
I'll appreciate any help.
TIA.
Using TB! 1.51, M$ win 98
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Any generic type of filter that will pick up spam? These days I get
so much rubbish - be a millionaire in 30 days, send me money make
yourself rich, etc., Viagra without a prescription (I sure could do
with some in any case g), etc. etc.
Any one had any success in getting rid of these
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Hi John,
On 12 December 2000 at 19:48:31 +1100 (which was 08:48 where I live) words
of wisdom emanated from John Phillips.
JP Any generic type of filter that will pick up spam? These days I get
JP so much rubbish - be a millionaire in 30 days,
Hi John
Any generic type of filter that will pick up spam? These days I get
so much rubbish - be a millionaire in 30 days, send me money make
yourself rich, etc., Viagra without a prescription (I sure could do
with some in any case g), etc. etc.
Any one had any success in getting
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On Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:48:31 +1100, John Phillips wrote these
words of wisdom:
[...]
JP Any generic type of filter that will pick up spam? These days I get
JP so much rubbish - be a millionaire in 30 days, send me money make
JP yourself rich,
Hello John,
In a post time stamped re: "Spam Filter" you wrote:
John Any generic type of filter that will pick up spam?
I'm sure you will get a lot of suggestions on this -- some more
ingenious than others -- but one simple way is to filter out any
email that arrives in
(ACM == "A. Curtis Martin") [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ACM The method Marck and I (among others) have been using is very
ACM effective in two ways. The first is that the method requires
ACM minimal maintenance. The second is that you can examine the spam,
ACM if you like, and report them so that
Hi Guys :)
What I do is move everything that isn't addressed directly to me to
the trash, and for those things that I should be getting that don't
have my address in them, I filter first.
One thing though. The Bat! seems to have trouble filtering
sometimes. I'm not sure why.
Hello MartianRover,
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 at 10:54:31 GMT -0800 (which was 10:54 AM
where I live) witnesses say MartianRover KF6KNC typed:
One thing though. The Bat! seems to have trouble filtering
sometimes. I'm not sure why. Like two messages that where
supposed to go to my
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On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 20:08:19 -0800, Ming-Li thoughtfully wrote
the following:
ML If TB provides a "bozo bin" as Gravity or XNews do, or at allow AB
ML entries or filter items to expire after certain days as Agent does,
ML filtering spammers directly
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Hi A. Curtis,
On Sunday, November 12, 2000 @ 07:10:10 -0500 you
wrote the following in regards to Trying to make a
"anti-spam filter" in The Bat!:
A. Curtis I use Neotrace and TB!'s templates. I created a
On Sunday, November 12, 2000, 4:10:10 AM, A. wrote:
ML If TB provides a "bozo bin" as Gravity or XNews do, or at allow
ML AB entries or filter items to expire after certain days as
ML Agent does, filtering spammers directly would be much easier
ML and more practical.
The bozo bin principle
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On 12 November, 2000, 10:24 AM, I saw Ming-Li's comments made on
Sun, 12 Nov 2000 06:57:33 -0800, and thought I'd add my $0.02 worth:
ML I want a bozo bin exactly because spammers (email or newsgrouop ones
ML alike) change their addresses
Hello Ming-Li,
Saturday, November 11, 2000, 9:56:02 PM, you wrote:
:
M On Saturday, November 11, 2000, 12:30:45 PM, Dean wrote:
M Personally, I don't use any spam filter, for I've got very few
M so far. :)
I believe you'll find there's a reason behind that, the $ fine for
spamming
Hello Curtis,
On 12 November 2000, A . Curtis Martin wrote and made these points on
the subject of "Trying to make a "anti-spam filter" in The Bat!":
ACM Yeah. I wish I had such a team to forward my tons of spam to. It
ACM would appear that my ISP doesn't implement any an
Hallo Jan,
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:54:43 -0500 GMT (11/11/2000, 00:54 +0800 GMT),
Jan Rifkinson wrote:
Christian well, I think that BCC doesn't leave anything in
Christian the kludges at all to filter on regarding the BCC
Christian recipient.
JR Well you are right, Christian, as I
I wouldn't be in the recipients list.
So you want to separate "legitimately" BCC'ed mail from spam? I'm
afraid there's no way to do that, since BCC is the trick many
spammers use.
As Curtis suggests, you should build a list of filters ABOVE the
"suspected spam" filter to catch as many l
use any spam filter, for I've got
ML very few so far. :)
I never filter spammer messages directly. At the moment I have 16
messages in my spam folder which will hold messages no longer than 3
days! As you can see, I really have a spam problem. :-) None of the 16
messages are legitimate and I rarely
don't use any spam filter, for I've got
M very few so far. :)
I believe you'll find there's a reason behind that, the $ fine for
spamming a .edu is quite high, much higher than any of us other
folks, if memory serves me correct;)
-- Cheers,
Dean
The Bat1.48 Beta/4
On Saturday, November 11, 2000, 12:30:45 PM, Dean wrote:
M Personally, I don't use any spam filter, for I've got very few
M so far. :)
I believe you'll find there's a reason behind that, the $ fine for
spamming a .edu is quite high, much higher than any of us other
folks, if memory serves me
On Saturday, November 11, 2000, 8:24:45 AM, A. wrote:
I never filter spammer messages directly.
If TB provides a "bozo bin" as Gravity or XNews do, or at allow AB
entries or filter items to expire after certain days as Agent does,
filtering spammers directly would be much easier and more
Hello TBUDL,
I have been playing around with the possibility to make a filter in
The Bat! that actually gets rid of most spam.
My approach has been to make a filter that moves all mail that isn't
specifically addressed to me to a "Suspected Spam" folder. The
problem is however that
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Hi Christian,
On Friday, November 10, 2000 @ 09:28:52 -0600, you
wrote the following about "Trying to make a
"anti-spam filter" in The Bat!"
Christian [...] The problem is however that B
:52 -0600, you
JR wrote the following about "Trying to make a
JR "anti-spam filter" in The Bat!"
Christian [...] The problem is however that BCC'ed mail
Christian ends in this spam folder since I wouldn't be in
Christian the recipients list. [...]
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Hi Christian,
On Friday, November 10, 2000 @ 10:15:18 -0600, you
wrote the following about "Trying to make a "anti-spam filter" in The Bat!"
Christian well, I think that BCC doesn't leave anything in the klud
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Hi Christian,
On Friday, November 10, 2000 10:15:18 -0600 in
reference to "Trying to make a "anti-spam filter" in
The Bat!" you wrote:
Christian well, I think that BCC doesn't leave anything in
C
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When I saw Christian's message about "Trying to make an "anti-spam
filter" in The Bat! ", I just had to make these comments:
CD I have been playing around with the possibility to make a filter in
CD The Bat! that actually gets r
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Hi A. Curtis,
On Friday, November 10, 2000 @ 12:58:23 -0500 you
wrote the following in regards to Trying to make a
"anti-spam filter" in The Bat!:
A. Curtis [...] I also create filters (placed before this
Hello ztrader,
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 20:27:56 -0700 GMT your local time,
which was Sunday, August 27, 2000, 10:27:56 AM (GMT+0700) my local time,
ztrader wrote:
Saturday, August 26, 2000, 5:14:46 PM, you wrote:
MDP 1) Set up a filter which specifies a match string of '[X-SBClass:
MDP
Thanks for the examples of implementation. Actually, I was interested
in seeing the notation used in the strings placed in TB.
For a simple OR function, would we have:
'[str A]|[str B]'
is it OK to put spaces outside brackets as:
' [str A] | [str B] '
(I understand the ' chr is needed -
Hello ztrader,
On Monday, August 28, 2000 at 07:40:48 GMT -0700 (which was 7:40 AM
where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
For a simple OR function, would we have:
'[str A]|[str B]'
I think you may be getting confused here. You don't need the
apostrophes or the square brackets. Just
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Hi Januk,
On 28 August 2000 at 12:26:37 GMT -0700 (which was 20:26 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Spam filter strings?":
For a simple OR function, would we have:
'[str A]|[str B]'
JA I
Monday, August 28, 2000, 12:54:10 PM, you wrote:
For a simple OR function, would we have:
'[str A]|[str B]'
I've backed off from using the | for now, and have a more basic
question.
Let me give a specific example. I have a rule that has two strings in
two sets in the Alternatives section.
Saturday, August 26, 2000, 8:45:44 PM, you wrote:
JA I think your filter string is probably to blame here. I find using
JA the pipe symbol for OR is ambiguous.
Are you suggesting that it does not work as an OR, or is there
something wrong with the string I was using?
JA Try the following:
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Hi ztrader,
On 27 August 2000 at 06:32:01 GMT -0700 (which was 14:32 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Spam filter strings?":
JA I think your filter string is probably to blame here.
Sunday, August 27, 2000, 6:50:08 AM, you wrote:
z Perhaps I was confused by reading help. I thought adding another set
z implied an AND function, as per the example in help. I note that there
z are two places to put in multiple strings, though. Is the
z 'Alternatives' section an implied OR for
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Hi ztrader,
On 27 August 2000 at 07:44:08 GMT -0700 (which was 15:44 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Spam filter strings?":
MDP Exactly.
z OK - got that :-). Might be worth a mention in the
Hallo ztrader,
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 07:44:08 -0700 GMT (27/08/2000, 22:44 +0800 GMT),
ztrader wrote:
z OK - got that :-). Might be worth a mention in the help file.
Yep.
z Still a bit of fog here. Are you suggesting that I can make a
z construct like:
z (A or B or (C and D and (E or F)))?
No
Hallo Marck,
On Sun, 27 Aug 2000 16:01:49 +0100 GMT (27/08/2000, 23:01 +0800 GMT),
Marck D. Pearlstone wrote:
MDP Well, 'A' is a simple test on the main filter page, 'B' is the first
MDP Alternative set while the second alternative set is far more complex
MDP containing three match strings
Hi ztrader Marck,
z Still a bit of fog here. Are you suggesting that I can make a
z construct like:
z (A or B or (C and D and (E or F)))?
Well, 'A' is a simple test on the main filter page, 'B' is the
first Alternative set while the second alternative set is far
more complex containing
Now that we've established that it is possible to have complex
conditions in rules, it would be helpful to me to see exactly how it
is implemented in TB, with all the necessary extra characters in just
the right places. Sometimes a few good examples are worth a lot of
words and emails :-).
This
Hello ztrader,
On Sunday, August 27, 2000 at 18:38:27 GMT -0700 (which was 6:38 PM
where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
Now that we've established that it is possible to have complex
conditions in rules, it would be helpful to me to see exactly how it
is implemented in TB, with all
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb am 27.08.00:
snip
If you really hate to use the '|' operator, or somehow '|' doesn't
work (it always works here, so I use it all the time), you may parse
the same condition to
I never got this '|' working properly. I tried everything what is described in the
I'm trying to set up some strings to filter spam. The actual filtering
will be done by a procmail receipe that will add header lines to allow
additional filtering by TB.
I'm a bit unsure of the exact syntax TB needs. An example string is:
[X-SBClass: Blocked | X-SBClass: Spam | X-SBClass: Bulk]
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Hi ztrader,
On 27 August 2000 at 16:50:50 GMT -0700 (which was 00:50 where I
live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points on the subject
of "Spam filter strings?":
z I'm a bit unsure of the exact syntax TB needs. An exampl
Saturday, August 26, 2000, 5:14:46 PM, you wrote:
MDP 1) Set up a filter which specifies a match string of '[X-SBClass:
MDP Blocked]|[X-SBClass: Spam]|[X-SBClass: Bulk]' location "Kludges"
MDP presence "Yes".
Thanks for the tip. I set it up as you suggested. Here's a copy of the
string right
Hello ztrader,
On Saturday, August 26, 2000 at 20:27:56 GMT -0700 (which was 8:27 PM
where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
Thanks for the tip. I set it up as you suggested. Here's a copy of the
string right out of the 'strings' box:
'[X-SBClass: Blocked]|[X-SBClass: Spam]|[X-SBClass:
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