Hi Rich, On Wednesday, January 07, 2004 at 9:20 AM, you wrote:
> In trying to trash a spate of like minded emails I made a filter that seems > to have no effect but I would think it should. > The text in the body of the email varies slightly from message to message > BUT there are a few words common to all suitable for filtering on. <snipped> > QUESTION: Why doesn't it work?! I'm familiar with the messages you're describing. I don't think it is a filter problem. The problem is that what appears to be plain text is actually text interspersed with numerous (usually bogus) html tags. So you're filtering on "banned" which is what is visible, but what's actually in the source is "b<some html tag>ann<another html tag>ed". The filter doesn't ignore the html tags. And since the tags are randomly placed and can be made up of anything, it's near to impossible to write a filter specifically for it. Take a look at the source of the message (F9) and see if these tags are interspersed throughout the message. Your best bet to filter this type of spam is to use the spam plug-in(s) or Popfile or something similar - a Bayesian filter that "learns" as spammers come up with new tricks. -- Regards, Terry Using The Bat! v2.01.3 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.02.3 CE | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
