Re: Mail app and junk

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Mail app and junk
Date	25 Feb 2014 21:27:08 GMT
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On 2014-02-25, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2014-02-25, Peter James <pfj@doesn't.exist.com> wrote:
>> Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-02-25, Peter James <pfj@doesn't.exist.com> wrote:
>>> > Peter James <pfj@doesn't.exist.com> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> I seem to be getting a lot of email with headings similar to:
>>> >> 
>>> >> ****SPAM:14.5**** 
>>> 
>>> The "****SPAM:14.5****" text is not being added by Apple Mail. So you or
>>> your email provider must be using a spam facility that is adding that.
>
>> I checked the raw header of the message and found the following,
>> inserted by my provider.
>>
> [snip]
>>
>> X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system
>> "j.spamless.aa.net.uk", has processed this message and it scored (5.6
>> points).
>>   pts  rule name              description
>> X-Spam-Flag: YES
>> Subject: ****SPAM:5.6**** Sonomed Ultrasound Offers 
> [snip]
>
> Someone upstream from you (probably your email provider) is using this
> service to mark spam for you. You'll need to contact them if you want
> them to change the way spam messages are marked or treated.
>
>> I have two rules that I thought would delete these messages unread, and
>> they read:
>>
>> Any message that contains SPAM delete
>
> Do you mean "any message whose *subject* contains "SPAM"?
>
> If so, this rule should get triggered when this message is encountered
> in your Inbox.
>
>> and
>> Any message that contains  ****SPAM?**** delete
>>
>> I seem to remember reading that the ? symbol in these circumstances
>> would be read as any symbol or number.  Or am I wrong here?
>
> No, I haven't ever seen the "?" character used in Mail rules. I just did
> a test and the "?" character seems to be taken literally - in other
> words only a subject with "****SPAM?***" would match. 

BTW, notice the "X-Spam-Flag: YES" header above? You could create a rule
to specifically look for that header if you wanted. Here's how:

1. From the Mail menu bar, choose Mail > Preferences, then click the
Rules tab at the top.
2. Click Add Rule.
3. Click the "Any recipient" menu and choose "Edit header list".
4. Click the [+] button and add a new header named "X-Spam-Flag".
5. Click the "Any recipient" menu again and choose "X-Spam-Flag".
6. Click the "contains" menu and choose "is equal to".
7. Type the word "YES" in the text box.
8. Set the rest of the options in the rule window accordingly.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

Thread

Mail app and junk pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-25 08:19 +0000
  Re: Mail app and junk pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-25 08:24 +0000
    Re: Mail app and junk Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2014-02-25 16:17 +0100
    Re: Mail app and junk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-25 16:33 +0000
      Re: Mail app and junk Francois <xanrov@numericable.fr> - 2014-02-25 21:17 +0100
        Re: Mail app and junk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-25 21:13 +0000
        Re: Mail app and junk Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-26 13:42 +0000
      Re: Mail app and junk pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-25 20:36 +0000
        Re: Mail app and junk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-25 21:21 +0000
          Re: Mail app and junk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-25 21:27 +0000
            Re: Mail app and junk pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-26 10:10 +0000
              Re: Mail app and junk Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-26 13:50 +0000
              Re: Mail app and junk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-26 16:17 +0000
                Re: Mail app and spam Erilar <drache@chibardun.netinvalid> - 2014-02-26 18:10 +0000
                Re: Mail app and junk pfj@doesn't.exist.com (Peter James) - 2014-02-27 07:47 +0000
                Re: Mail app and junk Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-27 15:01 +0000
            Re: Mail app and junk Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-26 13:48 +0000

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