Re: Filters and Spam

From: Debra Walker (debraw@wwa.com)
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:22:25 -0500

On Tue, 10 Jun 1997 16:08:48 -0500,
in article <gJcnzY9GA02D092yn@onr.com>,
labrat@onr.com (Michael Gray) wrote:

>Remember that filters are accessed alphabetically. Then create a last
>rule named zzz like so:
>
>rule name zzz
>Search In: from
>Search for: @
>Action: delete
>
>Since you've moved what you want to the proper area, what's left is
>tossed out. I toss mine to junk which has a 1 day expire time - long
>enough for me to see if there's something I may have missed like new
>mailing list addresses, but not so long as to clog up my newsbase TOO
>long.

This sounds like a good idea :)... I think that I will give it a shot.
However, much of the junk email that I get has a bogus "To:" header.
So, do you think that this filter might work for me if I substitute
"To" in the Search In option, and, maybe, move those messages to
another folder for further examination?

Thanks, in advance, for any feedback.

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