what is wrong with this regex filter?
I created an account level filter following my hosting provider's suggestion
SUbject = Matchregex = Medicare|walmart|Amazon-GiftCard|car dealerships
That didn't work so I tried putting an | at the end of the line and then it worked except it blocked everything regardless of what was in the subject. Is it possible to block mail using the list of strings as shown above?
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Hello :) You could simply enter individual strings instead of attempting to input a regex if you are not comfortable developing custom regular expressions. Otherwise, you may want to review a third-party tutorial on websites such as: [url=http://www.regular-expressions.info/]Regular-Expressions.info - Regex Tutorial, Examples and Reference - Regexp Patterns Thank you. 0 -
entering individual strings would take me all day as I would have to create a separate rule for every string. Apart from that even individual strings don't seem to work. I did a plain text filter for the string "Foreskolin". I tested it using the test filter page after pasting the header (below) and still it didn't work. I am mystified as to why spam control is still centered around filtering email addresses when that has become a waste of time. It seems to me the only effective control against spam is to filter by string. I know that any email which has the word Viagra or Cash loan is going to be spam so it can be safely deleted at source. Return-path: Envelope-to: Me@Me.com Delivery-date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:00:47 -0400 Received: from clients.slimdroplbs.us ([31.220.40.39]:45534 helo=slimdroplbs.us) by ecbiz153.inmotionhosting.com with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1XGq9O-0008UP-1Q for ME; Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:00:47 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:01:42 -0700 To: X-Spam-Flag: YES Subject: ***SPAM*** Hi, Foreskolin - Recently reviewed on The Dr. Oz Show. Order: 2196541 X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 2014.0.4716 [4007/8016] X-AVG-ID: ID154975BE-67C97EF0 etc etc 0
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