[muglo] Re: Spam

Be careful when using rules to filter spam as you can also easily =20
filter legitimate messages if the rules are too broad and not filter =20
anything if the rules are too specific.  See if your internet =20
provider has tools that allow you to filter spam.

Gerhard


On May 10, 2006, at 6:56 PM, Theresa Roth wrote:

> Please help!
> I=92m getting 4-5 emails a day from different email addresses each =20
> time. They
> are identical and promote some stock. I=92m using Entourage X for Mac =20=

> 10.1.1
> and trying to create a rule that will filter them into the delete =20
> file. It
> has not been effective. I have added the criterion =93In message =20
> body=94 and the
> criterion =93Attachment=94 but it still goes into my Inbox. Please =
note =20
> the
> =93Attachment=94 does not allow =93contain=94 only has references to =
=93name=94 =20
> and
> =93exists=94.
>
> I see what the problem might be.  The email has a .gif image with the
> printed material as an attachment. I don=92t understand why the =20
> =93rule=94 won=92t
> filter this. Does this have to do with the format of .gif?

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