Re: Help Please: Filter Rules & SPAM Fighting
From: Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes (sthoenna@efn.org)
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:27:52 -0800
In article <rHR14gzkgewf092yn@efn.org>,
sthoenna@efn.org (Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes) wrote:
> In article <38D4FC5C.7CDF6BC8@alum.mit.edu>,
> David Lemire <davelemire@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> > The part I need more help with is the z-SPAM rule: how do I set it up to
> > direct _everything_ to a particular folder. Stated differently, how do
> > I structure a filter rule that applies to all messages (that haven't
> > already been filtered). It wasn't obvious to me how to do that when I
> > was sitting at the FILTER.EXE screen for defining a new rule.
>
> filter1 processes your filters in order by name--thus a rule named zzz
> or similar can be used to catch everything not otherwise filtered.
> Hence the "z-SPAM" suggestion.
Oops, I just realized the question you asked isn't necessarily the one
I answered. To make a rule match all messages, search the Header for
: or @ or some similar rule.