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rjriley
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 Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:07 am Post subject: Spam with forged header |
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| I am receiving an increasing amount of spam which uses my own email address as the sender but shows a different name. Example Joe Smith <[email protected]>. I would like to validate that the name associated with my address is correct, example Lenny Xyz <[email protected]> would be allowed to pass while Joe Smith <[email protected]> would be blocked. |
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stan_qaz
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 11:29 am Post subject: |
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Simple to do and there are several discussions on how to do it here, see them if you need more detail.
Copy the correct address "Lenny Xyz <[email protected]>" to a filter set to mark the mail as legitimate.
Copy the "<[email protected]>" to a lower priority filter that marks it as spam. |
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Ikeb
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| Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject: |
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| stan_qaz wrote: |
| Copy the "<[email protected]>" to a lower priority filter that marks it as spam. |
I agree with the previous suggestion however this one will get lots of false positives. A lot of Legit email is sent without 'Friendly Name' preceeding the email address. Make this lower priority filter more discriminating and it will behave better -- '[\w\d\]*?<[email protected]>' should do the trick.
Remember though that this filter must be coupled with the higher priority filter that looks for your 'Friendly name' .... or just include that as a "does not contain RegExpr" rule with the regex I suggested being a "contains RegExpr" rule.
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stan_qaz
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| If he often sends himself mail without the friendly name as the sender that would certainly help. |
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Ikeb
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| Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 12:22 am Post subject: |
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?? It has nothing to do with mail sent to one's self. I often get mail from acquaintances where my email address isn't preceeded by the "friendly name".
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Ikeb
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?? It has nothing to do with mail sent to one's self. I often get mail from acquaintances where my email address isn't preceeded by the "friendly name".
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Ikeb
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