CSSJR,
A good suggestion, thanks. I came to that conclusion myself some time last night. I let the program perform the delete, but prior to that I store a copy in a special mailbox. Only took a single line of code.
Not as easy to modify as adding a file name to a file and using a file within a filter, but workable. I suppose I could modify the script to have it open the file. However, once the spammer realizes using the same file name all the time is a bad idea, this particular method of trapping spam will be less effective.
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Set $FF_doDelete "True"
SaveMessage %message "Specific" { added by Scott on March 11, 2006
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Regarding your own efforts, if you can combine scripts to do what you want, you could write your own by copying ideas from others. I waited over 6 months before writing my first script. I then proceeded to write about 10 in the next week or so. I have posted most of them for others to use.
I have recently learned that most ISP's do extensive spam filtering without their customers permission or knowledge. Since the company I work for hosts their own mail server, there is no external filtering. As a result I average over 60 spams per day. The few attempts at server based filtering have resulted in my being unable to receive e-mails from some legitimate sources.
The down side of ISP's filtering is that some valid e-mails can get filtered. A coupl eof weeks ago I inadvertently discovered a telephone number that I cannot e-mail to myself (the e-mail just vanishes). I reported this to my ISP. They were able to duplicate the results using their own accounts. They said they would look into it. No further word after that.
Scott