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filtering spam cross-posts
On 12/31/2012 03:35 PM, Tom P wrote:
Mozilla Thunderbird allows you to define message filters to sort out uninteresting messages. The standard properties that can be filtered are things like "Subject" or "From", but spammers often use frequently changing mail identities to defeat such filters. A less obvious feature is that you can customize the properties to want to filter on. In the Tools - Message filters box, click "New", then in the left-hand drop-down box, scroll down to "Customize..". You can put in the name of any message property that is used in the message header, for example "Newsgroups". So, that means you can filter on the contents of the Newsgroups list! If for example you are (not) especially interested in messages x-posted to alt.activism.death-penalty, set up a filter with "Newsgroups" "Contains" "death-penalty". Give the filter a name, set the actions and bingo. Wishing you all a prosperous and a spam-free 2013. T. I'm SO glad I figured this out - I've lost count of how much junk wound up in the killfile bin in one week, must be nearly 100 messages. |
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