Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

I'm using 1.63 Beta 11 with Windows 98. I have the "Known" filter activated, and I have it move "knowns" to a sub-folder of the Inbox, "Inbox\Known". Otherwise, they go to another sub-folder of the Inbox, "Inbox\Unknown". Worked great until I received a spam, in "Inbox\Known",

Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

MM> Hmmm ... what should not work which way? It seems to me that if an MM> email is received with a 'from address' that is in your address MM> book it should be sent to the 'known' box. Just out of curiosity MM> ... what would you expect to work differently? No. That's my point, it _wasn't_

Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

MW> Of course, at this point I suppose I should bring up the question of MW> why your own address is in your address book? If it weren't then the MW> correct filtering event would have occurred... I bcc: myself all the time. Doesn't everybody? I appreciate the responses on this subject, and I

Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

>> I bcc: myself all the time. Doesn't everybody? TF> I used to. Namely when I was replying to private mails while I was in TF> the office; when I bcc'ed myself, I could download my replies at home TF> as well. I started this practice when I was still using Netscape Mail, TF> and that client has

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Hello Coyle306, Thursday, June 26, 2003, 6:07:42 AM, you wrote: C> All I could think of was that the spammer's sticking _my_ address in C> the "Reply-To:" and/or the "X-RCPT-TO:" somehow fooled the Known C> filter, since _my_ address was in my address book. C> Sure enough, when I de

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

On Thu 26-Jun-03 6:13pm -0400, Coyle306 wrote: > Quoting from the Sorting Office window: "The Known filter allows you > to separate incoming mail by the presence of the _sender's address_ in > your address book" (My emphasis) Right - notice that it does not say "From" address - it says "Sender"

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Coyle306- Thursday, June 26, 2003, 3:13:24 PM, you wrote: C> spammer had inserted _my address_, which _is_ in my address book. Of course, at this point I suppose I should bring up the question of why your own address is in your address book? If it weren't then the correct filtering event would

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Hello Mark, Thursday, June 26, 2003, 11:34:52 PM, you wrote: MW> Of course, at this point I suppose I should bring up the question of MW> why your own address is in your address book? If it weren't then the MW> correct filtering event would have occurred... well I have to admit i send stuff to

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

On Fri 27-Jun-03 2:34am -0400, Mark Wieder wrote: > Of course, at this point I suppose I should bring up the question of > why your own address is in your address book? If it weren't then the > correct filtering event would have occurred... Well I have to admit that I have my address in my Family

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

On Fri 27-Jun-03 1:23am -0400, Dave Kennedy wrote: > On Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:54 PM, Bill wrote: >> I don't like the Know filter at all and don't use it because of its >> bugs on replying from Inbox-Known. > What bugs? There's an inconvenience (no folder templates). The bugs are related. (1

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Bill- I test-send myself stuff all the time, too, but I never considered putting myself in the AB. Since I have local delivery turned on, sending mail to my local accounts is instantaneous. Then I have some external webmail accounts so I can see the kludges. -Mark Wieder Using The Bat! v1.63 Be

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

On Fri 27-Jun-03 1:09pm -0400, Mark Wieder wrote: > I test-send myself stuff all the time, too, but I never considered > putting myself in the AB. Since I have local delivery turned on, > sending mail to my local accounts is instantaneous. Then I have some > external webmail accounts so I can see

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Hello Coyle306, On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 07:07:12 -0400 GMT (27/06/03, 18:07 +0700 GMT), Coyle306 wrote: > I bcc: myself all the time. Doesn't everybody? I used to. Namely when I was replying to private mails while I was in the office; when I bcc'ed myself, I could download my replies at home as wel

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Bill- Friday, June 27, 2003, 12:21:56 PM, you wrote: BM> We all work a little differently, Mark. BM> I have AutoCompletion turned BM> off. I only occasionally use local delivery (I use Alt-N to get me BM> to the setting page, so Alt-NA toggles it) - and I often like BM> to edit the outbox f

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Hello Coyle306, On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 06:46:01 -0400 GMT (28/06/03, 17:46 +0700 GMT), Coyle306 wrote: TF>> In TB, I have to add the BCC macro to each template. I wish I TF>> could activate such a feature on Account level, as I could in TF>> Netscape. TF>> Any seconders? > Nah. It's pretty easy to

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

Hello Thomas, On Sat, 28 Jun 2003, at 18:45:10 GMT +0700 (6/28/2003, 6:45 AM -0500 GMT here), you wrote in : > But. If you use AB templates (which I do a lot), you have to add it to > every single template. Well, I did this when I set them up, but I > still thought it would

Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

On Fri 27-Jun-03 11:06pm -0400, Mark Wieder wrote: BM>> I have AutoCompletion turned BM>> off. I only occasionally use local delivery (I use Alt-N to get me BM>> to the setting page, so Alt-NA toggles it) - and I often like BM>> to edit the outbox for testing. > Maybe I'm being dense today (it

Re: [bat] Re: Unexpected Behavior of "Known" Filter

On Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:54 PM, Bill wrote: BM> I don't like the Know filter at all and don't use it because of its BM> bugs on replying from Inbox-Known. What bugs? Dave Kennedy Current version is 1.62r | "Using TBUDL" information: http://w

"BCC to this address" on Account level (was: Unexpected Behavior of"Known" Filter)

Hello Greg, On Sat, 28 Jun 2003 10:35:44 -0500 GMT (28/06/03, 22:35 +0700 GMT), Greg Strong wrote: > I want to keep running dialog of all email correspondence. I think > having incorporated into the interface would make it more user > friendly. I have a seconder! :-) Now let me find this wishli