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09-13-2009
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| | Usenet rules: nothing seems to work I've tried blocking senders on Usenet, making their posts a certain color, etc....nothing works. I have junk email filtering set to off in email but surely this couldn't influence a Usenet setting could it? I can't think of why my Usenet filtering doesn't work. When I want to block a sender does it matter if I use their displayed name or the actual email address it came from? I've tried both. But I was wondering which is correct. |
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09-13-2009
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| | Re: Usenet rules: nothing seems to work There's a bug in the news messages rules. A From header can be of two forms: 1) From: Name <e-mail address> 2) From: e-mail address A news message rule does NOT check the e-mail address in form #1 within the < >. It will match the e-mail address in form #2. And it will match if checking for Name. Note that rules do not support wild cards. They do an exact string match with the string being contained in the field. -- Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us "Will" <reply.to.group@newsgroup> wrote in message news:u1W#KJKNKHA.3412@newsgroup Quote: > I've tried blocking senders on Usenet, making their posts a certain > color, etc....nothing works. I have junk email filtering set to off > in email but surely this couldn't influence a Usenet setting could it? > I can't think of why my Usenet filtering doesn't work. When I want to > block a sender does it matter if I use their displayed name or the > actual email address it came from? I've tried both. But I was > wondering which is correct. |
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09-14-2009
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| | Re: Usenet rules: nothing seems to work >> I've tried blocking senders on Usenet, making their posts a certain color, etc....nothing works. I have junk email filtering set Quote: Quote: >> to off in email but surely this couldn't influence a Usenet setting could it? I can't think of why my Usenet filtering doesn't >> work. When I want to block a sender does it matter if I use their displayed name or the actual email address it came from? I've >> tried both. But I was wondering which is correct. Quote: > There's a bug in the news messages rules. A From header can be of two forms: > 1) From: Name <e-mail address> > 2) From: e-mail address > A news message rule does NOT check the e-mail address in form #1 within the < >. > It will match the e-mail address in form #2. And it will match if checking for Name. > Note that rules do not support wild cards. They do an exact string match with the string being contained in the field. the next update? This hasn't ever worked I understand. How could they let this go for so long unaddressed? Anyway, I've tried blocking the email address as well and it doesn't work. Do I need to restart WLM to see it work? |
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09-14-2009
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| | Re: Usenet rules: nothing seems to work Great news - I misspoke. Its now working. Thanks. "Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@newsgroup> wrote in message news:u160G6MNKHA.2036@newsgroup Quote: > There's a bug in the news messages rules. > > A From header can be of two forms: > > 1) From: Name <e-mail address> > 2) From: e-mail address > > A news message rule does NOT check the e-mail address in form #1 within > the < >. > > It will match the e-mail address in form #2. And it will match if > checking for Name. > > Note that rules do not support wild cards. They do an exact string > match with the string being contained in the field. > > > > -- > > Mike - http://TechHelp.Santovec.us > > > > "Will" <reply.to.group@newsgroup> wrote in message > news:u1W#KJKNKHA.3412@newsgroup Quote: >> I've tried blocking senders on Usenet, making their posts a certain >> color, etc....nothing works. I have junk email filtering set to off >> in email but surely this couldn't influence a Usenet setting could it? >> I can't think of why my Usenet filtering doesn't work. When I want to >> block a sender does it matter if I use their displayed name or the >> actual email address it came from? I've tried both. But I was >> wondering which is correct. > |
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