Random Spammers - Solved

[garioch7]

Wizcrafts,

I visited your website. I am not sure if any of your existing RegEx filters would apply to my situation because I have no knowledge of RegEx filters. A percentage of the spam emails have no domain, so you have probably already coded a filter for that. I am a complete newbie when it comes to RegEx filters.

I would like to send you an image of a sampling of the spam emails so you could determine if one or more of your existing RegEx filters would significantly reduce the number of spam emails that I see (auto-deletion). If you agree, please let me know which file-sharing service you want me to use. I normally use SendSpace, but I can use the one of your choice.

Thank you for informing me about the limitations of "Bounce." I have already ceased using it based on advice from Digerati.

Thank you sincerely for your offer to assist me. It is really appreciated. Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

[Wizcrafts]

Hi Phil;

Rather than taking a picture of your recycle bin, can you just switch to Source view and copy the subjects and send them to me via my website contact form? From there I may ask you to copy and paste some of the body text that you find being used most frequently.

When it comes to lengthy filters, I find it more efficient to use plain text conditions rather than Regular Expressions. In the past I used long expressions to detect complicated alterations of subjects and body text. This was bogging MailWasher down to the point that it took over a minute, and sometimes two to finish checking my incoming email. Since I switched to mostly using plain text conditions, checking for and classifying email happens in an instant. I have 21 email accounts that are checked at every preset interval.

I urge you to try creating your own filters, just using plain text conditions. Pay attention to the difference between AND - OR options. It's safest to create filters that only use OR conditions, where if any one is met, the filter kicks in. AND filters require logic on at least two conditions. Filters should have Headers, or Subject text first, with Body text under them, because the filters process emails from the top down.

If you have trouble with a self-created filter, you can send the Filters.xml file to me. But first, use my contact form to set up a link between us.

[garioch7]

I am grateful to you both. Thank you. Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

[garioch7]

@Wizcrafts

Per your request, I am PM'd you to establish a link and I also visited your website to submit some individual Subject lines. If possible, I would like to post as much as I can here in this Topic on the Forums for the benefit of other Forum members and guests. There is not a lot about the construction and effective use of MWP filters. I don't mind looking like a newbie because I am. That is how we all learn.

Thanks for your assistance and for sharing your expertise. Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil

[garioch7]

Wizcrafts has been kindly assisting me via PM. We have already tackled and defeated a number of my Inbox spammers. Thank you for your assistance, Digerati and Wizcrafts. I will continue on my own to try and defeat the rest. If I run into problems, I will seek assistance again.

We can conclude this topic as solved if I can figure out how to do that.

Have a great day.

Regards,
Phil