On Fri, 7 Jan 2000 13:23:22 +0000, Tim Fountain wrote:
[..snip..]
> However, one thing I don't seem to be able to master is to setup a
> filter to catch most of the spam sent to me. I've got quite a few
> email addresses (about 30), but all of them contain either 'tim',
> 'acornarcade', 'iconbar', or 'webmaster'. I want to set up a filter to
> check the recipient part of the headers for each of those words, and
> if none of them are present, move the message to the 'Junk' folder
> which I have created.
A very effective method that I use for spam filtering (I got the tip from
Steve Lamb) is based on two principles. The first is that message
filtering is done through each rule in the filter list being carried out
one after the other, in descending order. Once a message is filtered by a
particular rule, it will not be filtered again. The next is that the
majority of spammers do not send messages addressed to you personally.
The first thing to do is to create filters for discussion list mails and
newletters which tend not to be addressed to you directly. Leave your
other filters intact. Make a final filter rule as the one you are doing
below for non-specific messages which are addressed to you personally but
which do not meet your other specific filter rules criteria.
> So, I created a filter with the following in the strings field:
> 'tim | acornarcade | iconbar | webmaster'
> That checks the recipient field and has 'no' ticked for 'present'.
> However, this filter doesn't seemt to be working as it moves /all/ my
> emails to the Junk box. Any ideas?
Leave the string as is. However, select 'yes' for 'Presence', and make the
Inbox *both* the source folder and the destination folder.
You may then create a SPAM folder for which you will create a filter to
move all messages not yet filtered to. This will be the last filter rule
in the list.
My filter rule goes like this:
filter string: 'e'
Location: 'Anywhere'
Presence: 'Yes',
Source folder: Inbox
Move messages to folder: Inbox\SPAM
Actions: Mark message as read
When you're done your antispam filter setup will be organized something
like this:
1st'ly) Filter rules for discussion list mail
followed by
2nd'ly) Filter rules for newsletters and such.
followed by
3rd'ly) Filter rules for specific personal messages.
followed by
4th'ly) Filter rule to keep not yet filtered messages addressed to
you in the inbox.
followed finally by
Last but not least) Filter rule to move the remaining messages to the
spam folder.
This setup works very nicely against my spammers. I have had this setup
for some time and converted 3-4 spam messages/day entering my inbox to only
one reaching my inbox since implementation.
Even the recent TBUDL spammers message hit the spam folder as it should
have. :)
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