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It Keeps Coming
I keep getting bogus-- and virus filled-- messages supposedly from
Microsoft and the "Microsoft Security Corporation," etc. I set filters in OE6 to never download these messages from the server, but it does anyway. Can anyone tell me why the filter doesn't do what I tell it? Thanks. |
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It Keeps Coming
No way to know since we don't see your message rule from here.
Also: You might want to consider anti-spam software. --- Ted Zieglar "Backup is a computer user's best friend." Ron wrote: I keep getting bogus-- and virus filled-- messages supposedly from Microsoft and the "Microsoft Security Corporation," etc. I set filters in OE6 to never download these messages from the server, but it does anyway. Can anyone tell me why the filter doesn't do what I tell it? Thanks. |
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Ted Zieglar wrote: No way to know since we don't see your message rule from here. It was pretty straightforward: if from Microsoft (or anything with Microsoft in it) *don't download from server.* But it ignores the rule and lets the crap through anyway. I can route it to the delete folder easily enough, but I rather not let it get that far in the first place. Block sender doesn't work either. Ron |
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It Keeps Coming
If it is a Subject rule, it should work. (See my reply). If it is a Message
Body rule, Delete it from server will not work because the message has to be downloaded before the rule can see the text. So for that, Delete it & Stop processing more rules is the best you can do. -- Bruce Hagen MS-MVP Outlook Express ~IB-CA~ "Ron" wrote in message ups.com... Ted Zieglar wrote: No way to know since we don't see your message rule from here. It was pretty straightforward: if from Microsoft (or anything with Microsoft in it) *don't download from server.* But it ignores the rule and lets the crap through anyway. I can route it to the delete folder easily enough, but I rather not let it get that far in the first place. Block sender doesn't work either. Ron |
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It Keeps Coming
"Ron" wrote in message ups.com...
Ted Zieglar wrote: No way to know since we don't see your message rule from here. It was pretty straightforward: if from Microsoft (or anything with Microsoft in it) *don't download from server.* But it ignores the rule and lets the crap through anyway. I can route it to the delete folder easily enough, but I rather not let it get that far in the first place. Block sender doesn't work either. Don't download it - kill it on the mailserver with MMM3: http://mmm3.sourceforge.net/ |
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It Keeps Coming
Bruce Hagen wrote: If it is a Subject rule, it should work. (See my reply). If it is a Message Body rule, Delete it from server will not work because the message has to be downloaded before the rule can see the text. So for that, Delete it & Stop processing more rules is the best you can do. Interesting... But I had it set up as a From rule as it seems to be the logical thing to do. Of course as somebody once said, "logic is the science of being wrong with certainty." Ron |
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