More on this, I've started filtering on the string 'X-RBL-Warning:' in the header. Works OK so far..
On 4 Jul 2002 at 8:57, Martin Thompson wrote:
Date sent: Thu, 4 Jul 2002 08:57:41 +0100
To: [email protected]
From: Martin Thompson <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: (Fwd) Junk E-mail
> 11:12:52 Wed, 3 Jul 2002
> lsi at lsi <[email protected]> writes:
> >I like this one Martin :)
> >
>
> It works too! About 9/10 of all spam I receive is now being detected
> automatically.
>
>
> >I used to filter on no TO: field, but it was over-sensitive and I had to
> >disable it.
> >
> >Whenever I am asked for an email address on the web, I always put
> >something other than my personal
> >address ([email protected]). Then, I filter my new mail folder for
> >[email protected] What gets
> >left in my intray is usually spam, and other unsolicited items.
> >
> >Stuart
> >
> >------- Forwarded message follows -------
> >To: [email protected]
> >From: Martin Thompson <[email protected]>
> >Send reply to: "The Tucana Forum" <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Junk E-mail
> >Date sent: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 09:16:37 -0700
> >
> >Anyone else fed up with receiving too much junk e-mail?
> >
> >Up until now, I've been painstakingly analysing the headers of the
> >e-mails to find the networks they come from and setting up filters
> >(rules) in my e-mail reader (Turnpike) to either reject such mails
> >outright, or pass them to a junk mail folder for me to delete at my
> >leisure.
> >
> >Today, though, I have found a couple of new tricks.
> >
> >First, since much of the mail comes from Korea, China, and other
> >countries whose languages and fonts I can't read, I have discovered that
> >I can filter on the content type header, which contains a bit 'charset='
> >and I can automagically bin stuff that has Korean character sets in it
> >(euc-kr, GB18030, GB/T12345, CNS11643, KO18-R, GB2312, and
> >ks_c_5601_1987). All I do is set a rule to search the header for any of
> >those strings.
> >
> >The second trick is a little program called SpamPal, beta version, which
> >you can obtain from here:
> >
> >http://www.twinlobber.org.uk/spampal/ > >
> >This collects POP3 mail for you, and your mail program collects it from
> >SpamPal, after SpamPal has checked the source of the mail against
> >various free spam-blocking lists that are updated daily on the Internet.
> >It puts **SPAM** in the subject line (and an X-SpamPal header too); a
> >simple rule in the mail reader can bin any it finds.
> >
> >I'll let you know if it works.
> >
> >Now... for once, I can't wait to get some spam!
>
> --
> Martin Thompson [email protected]
> London, UK
> Home Page: http://www.tucana.demon.co.uk >
> "Everything I do and say with anyone makes a difference." Gita Bellin
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