[pmmail-list] Filter for Absence of "To" Header

[Sorin Srbu]

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:50:40 -0500 (EST), Kenn Yuill wrote:

>Does anyone had a filter to initiate an action based on the absence of
>the "To" header?
>Obviously, h.To="" doesn't work, except when the header is blank.  I
>tried h.Toname="$h.Toname$", which seemed to hang PMMail/2, since the
>content of other notes could not be displayed in the viewing pane, but
>PMMail/2 did shut down in an orderly fashion.
>The purpose of the filter was to move any returned receipts to a
>separate folder, rather than the one designated for the correspondence
>to & from the recipient of the original note.

Just looked into this the other day. From the pmm help-file:

>How do I filter SPAM?
>
>Lately most SPAMmers have begun sending their junk mail as BCC (blind carbon copy).   In this method of sending your name never appears in the TO:
> or CC: field of the message.  This method of sending actually makes it quite easy to filter messages of this sort.
>
>I always suggest moving messages to a folder named SPAM instead of directly to the trash.  This way it allows you to check the messages  on occasion to make sure that no legitimate ones are trashed.
>
>The filter is a complex one and can be pasted into PMMail as is:
>
>!(header.to="$c.acctid$" | h.cc="$c.acctid$" | h.Resent-To="$c.acctid$" | h.Apparently-To="$c.acctid$")
>
>Then check the INCOMING box and set the actions you wish to perform on the messages it catches.


Helpful?



BW,

Sorin

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