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Hmmm...methinks you may be doing it the hard way.
I got the same virus email...sender's address was @ms.com. That's not a legitimate address for anyone who'd be sending me mail...and, it's on the SpamCop list...AND--Microsoft doesn't send emails unless you've subscribed to their update alerts. So, I blacklisted *ms.com and haven't seen a one since then. No need to filter the subject line or anything...ALL mail from any sender using an @ms.com address is automatically deleted and bounced back as undeliverable to my address. I suspect you rely much more on filters than on the blacklist....I did too when I first installed Mailwasher...till I figured out how to use the blacklist. Once I figured it out--which was about a year ago--I deleted almost all the filters...only have 4 left, and they only mark for delete, nothing else. Everything else goes on the blacklist, 99% of which is wildcard expressions. Mailwasher purges any that haven't been used in a preset number of days...the default is 200 days...I reduced it to 90, figuring that's about as a long as spammers and virus propagators ever use the same one. About once a week I go into it and edit spammers' email addresses to wildcards...and so far, it's working...I'm only actually seeing about 5 emails a day that aren't legitimate, and I get to blacklist those. So if you haven't, you might spend some time exploring how the blacklist actually works--how to turn email addresses into wildcard expressions. 'Cuz they really cut down on the number of filters needed. In fact, the only thing I use filters for is to screen the headers on the email lists I'm subscribed to, so I only downoad the topics I want to participate in. The rest, I just leave marked for delete--not blacklisted, not bounced...just deleted off the server. Peggie ---------- Peggie Hall Specializing in marine sanitation since 1987 Author "Get Rid of Boat Odors - A Guide To Marine Sanitation Systems and Other Sources of Aggravation and Odor" http://shop.sailboatowners.com/detai...=400&group=327 http://www.seaworthy.com/html/get_ri...oat_odors.html |
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