On Thursday, November 13, 2003 at 9:33 AM, Mark wrote: > First post, so hello to all!
Hi Mark, Welcome to the list. > I get 5 or 6 Spams for digital cable filters daily, and for some > really strange reason, I cannot get a filter to work on one of them. > It is a text email, and I copy the text right out of the email "Cable > Filter" and put it into the rule tab string "cable filter" location=anywhere > and Yes. No other string but this one, re-run the filter, and nothing? > I copy this out of the inbox, and paste it into notepad, and then > re-select all and copy from notepad, back into The Bat, and send it > back to myself. Damn if the stinking thing doesn't filter. > Btw, every other filter I have is working just fine! See the second > issue also. 1. It always helps us to know what version of The Bat! you are using and what version of the operating system you are using. Many people use some form of the following in an address book template for [EMAIL PROTECTED] address. Using The Bat! v%THEBATVERSION on %WINDOWSPLATFORMNAME %- %WINDOWSMAJORVERSION.%WINDOWSMINORVERSION Build %- %WINDOWSBUILDNUMBER %WINDOWSCSDVERSION This will automatically insert the information in your e-mail whenever you send an e-mail to this address. I don't know your level of knowledge, so if you need any additional help on templates, etc., let us know and we'll be happy to help you out. 2. If you are using version 2 of The Bat!, there is a plug-in called BayesIt! (there's also another one but I can't remember the name) that is an anti-spam plug-in. It will take care of these kinds of things for you and save you tons of time as well. Trying to keep up with inventive spammers by creating filters for each new wave of e-mail is fun in the beginning, but quickly wears thin. You can get the plug-in here. http://klirik.narod.ru/usefuls/bayesiteng.htm If you are using version 1.62r or below, you can use any of the anti-spam programs that are out there, such as Popfile, to take care of this. These programs run on your computer and sit between The Bat! and your mail server. > Any one have any good ideas for Spam 1 or 2? > I still can't figure the Spam1 out! Looks like straight text to me! If you go to the filter and hit Control-C then it will copy that filter. You can then paste it in your reply to this e-mail so we can see how the filter is set up. > I have attached the html email, I changed the name, because I did not > know if it would mess up the email, but it was a " message.html". I'm pretty sure that the list doesn't allow attachments. At least I didn't get one. See Number 2 above. One other little housekeeping item. It's a list requirement to use a signature delimiter. That's what the two - (dashes) followed by a space is before the "Regards" in my signature below. The Bat! and other mail clients will automatically discard anything below the signature delimiter when you reply to a message. It definitely is a time saver. This is also something that can be put in a template. For example, my new message template to tbudl is: %CURSOR -- Regards, %FROMFNAME Using The Bat! v%THEBATVERSION on %WINDOWSPLATFORMNAME %- %WINDOWSMAJORVERSION.%WINDOWSMINORVERSION Build %- %WINDOWSBUILDNUMBER %WINDOWSCSDVERSION -- Regards, Terry Using The Bat! v2.01.3 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.01.3 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
