Re: MPro filter failing.

On 28 May 2014  Richard Porter <ricp@...> wrote:

> On 28 May 2014 Peter Young  wrote:

>> One of the newsgroups I read and sometimes contribute to is being
>> pestered by a spammer, and the filter I've set up to direct his stuff
>> to the wastebasket is failing to work.

>> The address he posts from is reni sri mulyani <renisrim@...>
>> and the current version of the filter (I've tried various versions)
>> has:

>> Sender = *reni sri* and Sender = *mulyani*, the priority is set to 80
>> (up from 50 a while back), and I have checked in StrongED that the
>> space isn't a hard space.

>> Any ideas, anyone, as to what is stopping this filter from working?

> The priority only determines the order in which the filters are
> applies, so upping it from 50 to 80 won't have any effect if there's
> no other filter between 50 and 80.

> Make sure you have the "News" tickbox ticked.

Thanks, yes I did that.

> Have you checked the messages and are sure that the address appears in
> "Sender:" rather than "From:"? I'd be inclined to check for *renisrim*
> rather than *mulyani* because the real name is optional.

Good suggestion, and many thanks; Tony's suggestion may be the answer, 
but yours is easier! Unfortunately I've deleted all the spam messages, 
and can't find them in MegServe.backup.news using TextSeek either, so 
I can't see which field the pest uses. I'm sure than more will be 
along soon (three yesterday) so I can put solutions to the test.

Best wishes,

Peter.

-- 
Peter Young (zfc W) and family
Prestbury, Cheltenham, Glos. GL52, England
http://pnyoung.orpheusweb.co.uk
pnyoung@...

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