I've been getting a lot of spam with nothing but 'Re:' in the subject. It's the most common denominator between them all, so I tried filtering all email with only Re: in the subject, but it doesn't work. It not only filters the blank ones, but also the ones with legitimate Re: subjects.
Is there a way to do this?
Filtering blank Re: subject lines
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Filtering blank Re: subject lines
by cbiweb » Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:37 pm
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by Tomas » Tue Jan 08, 2008 2:44 am
The best I could think of is to filter for subject "Re:" UNLESS subject is "Re: " perform the action. (in other words, don't perform the action if there is one space after re:, as it means that there is probably some real subject following).
It might improve the flter, but probably will still be inaccurate.
It might improve the flter, but probably will still be inaccurate.
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by cbiweb » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:47 am
Brilliant! I had tried filtering only "Re:" (no spaces) or only "Re: " (with the extra space or multiple spaces to indicate blankness), but no go. When I applied your suggestion, it works like I want it to work! Thank you! 
...and yes, I do understand now why my method was wrong.
...and yes, I do understand now why my method was wrong.
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