I have been getting a very large number of spam emails from addresses ending in .us and have been adding the domains to my blacklist. I have no friends anywhere in the USA. My blacklikst is now quite long and it slows down the washing process! The email addresses vary in components e.g. something@folder1.us something@folder1.folder2.us and something@folder1.folder2.folder3.us etc. It occurs to me that if it were possible to use multiple wildcards I could reduce these to three or four entries.
Is it possible to do the equivalent of: *@*.us or *@*.*.us ? Thanks
spam from .US
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Re: spam from .US
Right, you might want to start enjoying the advantages of filters over blacklists — it's never too late.kenuk wrote:My blacklikst is now quite long and it slows down the washing process!
kenuk wrote:I have been getting a very large number of spam emails from addresses ending in .us and have been adding the domains to my blacklist. I have no friends anywhere in the USA.
Take a look at these graphic illustrations for the Netherlands (.nl) filter — you may try substituting .nl with .uskenuk wrote:The email addresses vary in components e.g. something@folder1.us something@folder1.folder2.us and something@folder1.folder2.folder3.us etc. It occurs to me that if it were possible to use multiple wildcards I could reduce these to three or four entries.
Is it possible to do the equivalent of: *@*.us or *@*.*.us ? Thanks
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I live in the US and I don't know of any sites I visit that use .US either.
Re: spam from .US
That has nothing to do with it. Any body can use .US.I have no friends anywhere in the USA.
I live in the US and I don't know of any sites I visit that use .US either.
Bill (AFE7Ret)
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Re: spam from .US
A bit more help needed! Although this rule works fairly well it seems to ignore the fullstop before the letters 'us'. The result is that any words that contain the letter 'u' followed by the letter 's' are treated as spam. For example admin@business.com would get washed. Is there a way to force the rule to work only if there is a fullstop?
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Re: spam from .US
Then use .us instead.
Bill (AFE7Ret)
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Re: spam from .US
You can try \.uskenuk wrote:A bit more help needed! Although this rule works fairly well it seems to ignore the fullstop before the letters 'us'. The result is that any words that contain the letter 'u' followed by the letter 's' are treated as spam. For example admin@business.com would get washed. Is there a way to force the rule to work only if there is a fullstop?
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Re: spam from .US
Thank you TrustFire. Using the \.us does the job - you obviously know this software inside out!
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Re: spam from .US
Appreciate your feedback, kenuk — have made the necessary change to my illustration, too . . . . . thanks to you.
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