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Re: Blocking junk mail
JP -- Make sure you have 'any condition' checked and to not process any subsequent rules. I have sorted all my rules so that my positive ones occur first and my negative ones second, and I never pass rules down the line. Each rule is meant to be the final sort on the incoming email. If I knew more about the system, I could be cleaver. But this approach is in fact unloading my iPhone.11Views0likes2CommentsRe: Blocking junk mail
JP -- From the very recent post of mine on filters: On the subject of 'Alaskan Seafood' I have found this combination on any condition to work: From Regex /alaskan/i Subject Regex /(seafood|alaskan)/i Body Regex /alaskan/i File Into Select Folder Spam --Mick10Views0likes4CommentsCox's server side email filter rules
Hello All -- I tried this question a month ago. That query is now locked, and was never well answered. So as requested, I'm starting again. I'm looking for a tutorial on the server-side email filters. Something that gives the basics that trial and error has not revealed as of yet. Questions such as: What is the limit on the number of rules? What is the limit on the number of conditions per rule? What is the limit on the number of actions per rule? Are rules case sensitive? What is the difference between 'contains', 'matches', and 'regex'? Similarly for 'contains not', 'matches not', and 'not regex'? Similarly for 'exists' and 'does not exist' etc. After submitting, how long before the rules are effective? If using 'From is exactly' how much of the From line is checked: the entirety? Including 'From: '? just between the angle brackets? including the angle brackets? If 'Keep' is the action, where is the email kept? if 'Discard' is the action, where is the email put? Where does 'Starts with' start and 'Ends with' end? See 'From' above. Do the Spam/Not Spam icons have any Bayesian logic associated with them? etc. The list goes on. I'll settle for a pointer to a comprehensive discussion. Maybe this will become that. On the subject of 'Alaskan Seafood' I have found this combination on any condition to work: From Regex /alaskan/i Subject Regex /(seafood|alaskan)/i Body Regex /alaskan/i File Into Select Folder Spam --Mick750Views0likes2CommentsRe: Understanding Cox's server-side email filters
Jonathan -- Thanks, but no help really. I do all those things and just can't get the rules to work. Things I want to go to spam don't, and things that shouldn't go do. How does Cox make its decisions and how does Apple? If I knew I probably could work it out. Does anybody have an example of a working 'mail listing' rule? ...Mick13Views0likes0CommentsRe: Understanding Cox's server-side email filters
Hi Allan -- If only it were that simple. The spam often comes in from 'partner' or 'associate' accounts. For example, the one at the top of my home junk folder came in at 06:40 this morning. It says From: "zantac-cancer.org Ad Partner" <pialem@peltprove.com> Subject: Zantac Cancer Lawsuit Evaluation. I can block @peltprove.com but that's not who will send it tomorrow. A filter of 'From contains zantac' doesn't work because it apparently doesn't look at the alias. For instance, I've tried filters of 'From contains Partner' and they're useless. And a filter of 'Subject contains Zantac' doesn't work, and I think that's because it uses non-ascii and even non-English characters. What would work is 'Content contains Click Here' but that's a pretty broad brush. I don't use Zantac, so how to I stop this server-side? Mick.30Views0likes0CommentsRe: Understanding Cox's server-side email filters
Hi JP -- That's pretty much my experience, too. I also have the reverse problem. I set up many rules to accept a site's email, and it still gets placed by Cox in spam. I have had some luck using the approach here https://lifehacker.com/try-this-gmail-filter-to-rope-off-mailing-lists-and-new-5643977 in 'Content contains' rules. The problem though is that I have to have earlier rules to accept what i want, (see above) and I can't make that foolproof either. Very specific rules, such as 'from me@alternate.email put in inbox' do work. But I'm never going to buy Alaskan salmon, or need a new bathtub. And those are the ones to stop. Apple mail is smart enough to figure it out client-side. How does it know? Thanks, Mick44Views0likes3Comments