[pmmail-list] Brute force PMMail filter for Subject: (null)

[Ralph Cohen]

On=20Sat,=2019=20Feb=202005=2018:18:00=20+0100=20(MEZ),=20L.Willms=20wrote=
:

>=20=20=20But=20still,=20the=20filter=20would=20need=20some=20additions=20=
so=20that=20it=20won't=20be=20
>US-insular=20--=20imagine=20I=20would=20write=20a=20message=20about=20the=
=20wunderful=20voyel=20
>in=20my=20given=20name,=20=DC,=20giving=20just=20that=20as=20a=20subject=20=
....=20
>

Hi=20L=FCko,

You're=20absolutely=20correct=20-=20the=20filter=20is=20definitely=20US=20=
insular=20but=20of
course=20it=20can=20be=20easily=20modified=20and=20expanded=20to=20meet=20=
your=20particular
needs.=20=20There=20are=20also=20a=20lot=20of=20extended=20characters=20I=20=
didn't=20include
and=20even=20one=20common=20character,=20the=20backslash=20"\"=20that=20ca=
uses=20the=20filter
to=20choke.=20=20

However,=20FWIW=20I=20always=20recommend=20that=20presumed=20SPAM=20should=
=20be=20filtered
into=20a=20holding=20folder=20and=20not=20the=20trash=20folder=20so=20you=20=
have=20a=20change=20to
glance=20over=20it=20before=20it's=20deleted.=20=20I=20have=20plenty=20of=20=
people=20send=20me
legitimate=20emails=20without=20a=20subject=20line=20and=20I=20wouldn't=20=
want=20to=20trash
any=20message=20based=20on=20just=20that=20one=20criterion.=20=20I=20actua=
lly=20don't=20even
use=20the=20subject=20null=20filter=20I=20posted=20=20because=20of=20it's=20=
questionable
worth.=20=20I=20created=20it=20a=20couple=20of=20years=20ago=20just=20to=20=
see=20if=20I=20could=20and
it=20was=20a=20good=20lesson=20in=20working=20around=20the=20quirkiness=20=
of=20PMMail's
filters.

Ralph