Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.

Mike Harrison wrote:
Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.





Change your mail and news client to Mozilla Thunderbird. It's a much
better client and it has filters that are easy to configure.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:17:29 GMT, "Mike Harrison"
wrote:

Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.



A newsreader, like Forte' Agent, will make using newsgroups much easier.
You might consider giving it a shot.
--
John H

"Mike Harrison" wrote in message
news:Zntcj.13751$vd4.3145@pd7urf1no...
Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.


I don't pay close attention to those messages, but I seem to recall that
they all contain "MI5". Why would you use wildcards when you could simply
use "MI5", which should stop them cold?

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:23:33 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Mike Harrison" wrote in message
news:Zntcj.13751$vd4.3145@pd7urf1no...
Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root
newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.


I don't pay close attention to those messages, but I seem to recall that
they all contain "MI5". Why would you use wildcards when you could simply
use "MI5", which should stop them cold?


Because the spammer frequently puts spaces or other characters between
those characters to get around your filter.

If you filter "MI5", your filter will miss "MI 5", M I5, M I 5, M15,
etc.




A quick look at OE's help system gives no indication that wildcards are
supposed to work. I wonder if it's an undocumented feature, or the OP is
trying a trick he learned for a different program.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:45:27 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

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On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:23:33 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"Mike Harrison" wrote in message
news:Zntcj.13751$vd4.3145@pd7urf1no...
Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root
newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.


I don't pay close attention to those messages, but I seem to recall that
they all contain "MI5". Why would you use wildcards when you could simply
use "MI5", which should stop them cold?

Because the spammer frequently puts spaces or other characters between
those characters to get around your filter.

If you filter "MI5", your filter will miss "MI 5", M I5, M I 5, M15,
etc.

A quick look at OE's help system gives no indication that wildcards are
supposed to work. I wonder if it's an undocumented feature, or the OP is
trying a trick he learned for a different program.

Used to be that wildcards allowed for a non-specific range of input.

I'm not really sure they were even intended to delete "spam".

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:45:27 +0000, JoeSpareBedroom wrote:


A quick look at OE's help system gives no indication that wildcards are
supposed to work. I wonder if it's an undocumented feature, or the OP is
trying a trick he learned for a different program.

Don't know, but there are quite a few third party plugins.

http://anti-spam-outlook-express.qarchive.org/

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:17:29 +0000, Mike Harrison wrote:

Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root
newsgroup directory), but it doesn't do the job.

I'm quite hazy on anything MS, but, IIRC M*5 will cover anything between
M and 5.

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:12:37 +0000, salty wrote:

I'm quite hazy on anything MS, but, IIRC M*5 will cover anything between
M and 5.

Yes, and just think of all the possible things that it will filter out
that you might not want to miss!

"My new outboard motor stalls after 5 minutes"

Well, I did say I was quite hazy. ;-)

WaIIy wrote:

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 14:17:29 GMT, "Mike Harrison"
wrote:

Can anyone help me block these MI5 messages. I've tried using
M***5
as a subject line filter in Outlook Express (filtering the root newsgroup
directory), but it doesn't do the job.



You really can't, he's too changeable.

I couldn't wade through all this thread, but I did try to set up a filter in
Mozilla and
Firefox. I couldn't get it to work, mainly because I couldn't get the wildcard
feature
to kick in. I need a filter that looks for "M", "I", and "5" in succession but
not
necessarily adjacent. Maybe this was already covered?