Re: OE6 -- Using Mail Rules to Filter Spam

Thanks Bruce.

I understand about replying to spammers, but do you know if am I able to
send an auto-reply using a yahoo address using OE6 instead?

"Bruce Hagen" <Nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:u4ZjOW39FHA.3884@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> A) Stock *will* pick up on any word containing that arrangement of
letters.
>
> B) Do not reply to Spammers. They probably won't get it because their
> address is most likely munged, but if they did, all you would be doing is
> verify that your address is legitimate.
>
> See these links for some ideas.
>
> Some Message Rule Ideas:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~majik/messagerules.htm
>
> Some tips:
> http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/tips/rules.htm
>
> Message Rules not working?:
> http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/faqs/why.htm#rules
> --
> Bruce Hagen
> MS MVP - Outlook Express
> ~IB-CA~
>
> "Fred" <testing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:W%0kf.1032$xg1.968@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have set up one of the mail rules as a spam filter and added all the
> >usual
> > words but I can't find any help on these questions...
> >
> > How does the word filter list work? For example, if I put "stock" in
the
> > word list, does it also filter "stocks"? And would it also filter
> > "comstock" or "stockyard"?
> >
> > I notice about 1 out of 100-200 "real" emails get thrown in with the
spam.
> > What I would like to do is..... automatically send an email to each
email
> > that this rule picks up as spam, but (and this is a big ***) send that
> > email from a different email address (like yahoo, etc) so that I don't
> > keep
> > feeding the spammers. My reply would tell them that their email was
> > detected as spam by my filter and to send it again with different words
in
> > the subject line or contact me by phone. If it was an accidental spam
> > label, they would have my phone number and would not give it out in the
> > email reply.
> >
> > Thanks!!
> >
> > Fred
> >
> >
> >
> >
>


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