Filter?

Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

Bruce:

Already been to those sites - but thanks.

I mis-stated my original subject - should have
been "Rules?"

Was wondering about a rule along the lines of
-----------------
IF

Subject = one or the other of the two strings in From

THEN

send message to burn in hell

END IF
------------------



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your
mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

Sorry. That won't work. Not to mention they constantly change their address,
so a From rule is useless as well.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Bruce:

Already been to those sites - but thanks.

I mis-stated my original subject - should have
been "Rules?"

Was wondering about a rule along the lines of
-----------------
IF

Subject = one or the other of the two strings in From

THEN

send message to burn in hell

END IF
------------------



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your
mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Sorry. That won't work. Not to mention they constantly change their
address,
so a From rule is useless as well.
--

Yeah, I know. It's a tough nut.

I have noticed that they all seem to be using
the same partial X-Mailer string, so I'm gonna experiment
with using nPOP to trash this crap based on that...

but I'll probably wind up dumping stuff I want.

*sigh* Oh, well.


Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Bruce:

Already been to those sites - but thanks.

I mis-stated my original subject - should have
been "Rules?"

Was wondering about a rule along the lines of
-----------------
IF

Subject = one or the other of the two strings in From

THEN

send message to burn in hell

END IF
------------------



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your
mail.

Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

V Green wrote:
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Sorry. That won't work. Not to mention they constantly change their
address,
so a From rule is useless as well.
--

Yeah, I know. It's a tough nut.

I have noticed that they all seem to be using
the same partial X-Mailer string, so I'm gonna experiment
with using nPOP to trash this crap based on that...

but I'll probably wind up dumping stuff I want.

*sigh* Oh, well.

Thunderbird filters that crap very well:

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

Alias

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Bruce:

Already been to those sites - but thanks.

I mis-stated my original subject - should have
been "Rules?"

Was wondering about a rule along the lines of
-----------------
IF

Subject = one or the other of the two strings in From

THEN

send message to burn in hell

END IF
------------------



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your
mail.
Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:06:03 -0800, "N. Miller"
wrote:

On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:21:00 -0700, V Green wrote:

Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.

This works for me:

| If header "T" contains " LogicalAnd ""
| If header "T" contains "First" Goto "End"
| If header "T" contains " LogicalAnd ""
| If header "T" contains "First MI Last" Goto "End"
| If header "T" contains " LogicalAnd ""
| If header "T" contains "First MI. Last" Goto "End"
| If header "T" contains " AddHeader "X-Text-Classification: spam [No/Wrong name]"
| If header "T" contains " Move "spamfighter"

Caveat: If users _don't/won't_ put your proper name in the "To:" field,
their email will be diverted to "spamfigher".

These are not MSOE rules, but might work if modified. Try this:

Where the To line contains people:
Where the To line conatins poeple: "First"

Then click on the Options button and select:

2. Message matches all of the people below.

Then select the action, "Stop processing more rules". That will force MSOE
to bail on a match. Build two more sets for "First MI Last", and "First MI.
Last". Immediately following these rules create one more rule:

Where the To line contains people: ". For a rule action use a
move to a folder. Because you want that move to take place on a match, this
rule must also be followed by the "Stop Processing more rules" option.

The "Stop processing more rules" option is critical, here. You want MSOE to
bail on processing rules when matching your email address _and_ proper name.
You also want MSOE to move the fourth match. If you don't use "Stop
processing more rules", MSOE will fall through the rules without acting.

I will repeat the warning, he If your correspondents won't, or can't
include your proper name on the same line with your email address in the
"To:" field, their email _will_ get filtered into the diversion folder.


Good post!
Unfortunately, I have about 8 or 9 email boxes that OE polls and are
'good' email addresses. Can this type of filtering work with more than
one address?
I also figure that the means
yahoo.com being used as an example.

I have tried the 'if not equal to my real address' thing and was not
too successful. I hate to futz around with external 'filters' or
filtering software add-ons and am looking for something like you
posted.

Thanks
Joe

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:52:22 +0100, Alias
wrote:

V Green wrote:
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Sorry. That won't work. Not to mention they constantly change their
address,
so a From rule is useless as well.
--

Yeah, I know. It's a tough nut.

I have noticed that they all seem to be using
the same partial X-Mailer string, so I'm gonna experiment
with using nPOP to trash this crap based on that...

but I'll probably wind up dumping stuff I want.

*sigh* Oh, well.

Thunderbird filters that crap very well:

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

Alias

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Bruce:

Already been to those sites - but thanks.

I mis-stated my original subject - should have
been "Rules?"

Was wondering about a rule along the lines of
-----------------
IF

Subject = one or the other of the two strings in From

THEN

send message to burn in hell

END IF
------------------



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your
mail.
Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.







Does thundebird import all of OE's stuff--like address book, rules,
all email folders and does it have a backup built in? Any problems
with lots of mail?
Sorry for all the questions.
I think I need to move away from OE and need to be sure and the only
way for me to be sure is to ask someone who has used the product.
Thanks
Joe

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

up for the game wrote:
On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:52:22 +0100, Alias
wrote:

V Green wrote:
"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Sorry. That won't work. Not to mention they constantly change their
address,
so a From rule is useless as well.
--
Yeah, I know. It's a tough nut.

I have noticed that they all seem to be using
the same partial X-Mailer string, so I'm gonna experiment
with using nPOP to trash this crap based on that...

but I'll probably wind up dumping stuff I want.

*sigh* Oh, well.
Thunderbird filters that crap very well:

http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird

Alias
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Bruce:

Already been to those sites - but thanks.

I mis-stated my original subject - should have
been "Rules?"

Was wondering about a rule along the lines of
-----------------
IF

Subject = one or the other of the two strings in From

THEN

send message to burn in hell

END IF
------------------



"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
You can't do anything with OE's message rules except to filter in your
mail.
Some Message Rule Ideas:
http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm

Some tips:
http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm

Message Rules not working?:
http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"V Green" wrote in message
...
Any way to filter this gawdawful penny stock
crapola that has started jammin' up my Inbox
over the last few days?

You know the one, where From is:

Firstname Lastname

and the Subject is:

Firstname

Can't filter it with the stuff in the message body
(too bad, as they all contain stuff that can be used
to do that) as filtering in the body causes the entire
msg. to be downloaded to the Inbox.

Can't figure out any way to filter based on
From + Subject.

I'm currently getting 60 - 100 a day of this dung.





Does thundebird import all of OE's stuff--like address book,

Yes.

rules,

No.

all email folders

Yes.

and does it have a backup built in?

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_FAQs under the heading:
Profiles: File Locations, Migration, and Backup/Restore.

Any problems
with lots of mail?

I haven't had any.

Sorry for all the questions.
I think I need to move away from OE and need to be sure and the only
way for me to be sure is to ask someone who has used the product.
Thanks
Joe

Try it out. It takes some getting used to after OE, though.

Alias