Below is a list of some of the past Regular Expression Filter Threads from the MailWasher Forums here at Computer Cops. Some of the threads contain more useful information than others but they all at least contain some information.

I think it is only right to thank those people involved in these threads for contributing so much of their time knowing that their only reward was helping others.

Paying homage to the filter list that pretty much started it all: Gary's Filters

For a Regular Expression tester to use on your own see this thread:
Is this Satisfactory for testing Regex?

The titles used below are the titles of the topic threads exactly as typed in by the original thread starters.

1. writing a rule to stop spoofing, help?

2. FILTER for mail sent via trojan mailservers

3. filter word in the body

4. filtering advanced garbled html ? ? ?

5. problem with regular expression match

6. Filtering words

7. Some new filters for the MW Sample Filters?

8. "Beta" version of MailWasher Sample Filters

9. Defeating the ...............

10. How do you filter for stuff like this?

11. Expert advice on wildcard filtering and Reg Expr please!

12. Regexpr filter help

13. Filter base64 MIME encoding...

14. Gary's Not A Recipient Filter

15. filters - can I use colons or periods to separate

16. Filter doesn't find keywords in the body

17. Trouble with regexp - repeating with {}

18. filters: Fw:FW: Fww: etc etc

19. MW Sample Filters updated: 2003-06-02a

20. Status of filtered messages

21. How to add filters pasted from forum?

22. Need to find some good filters

23. Mailwasher Filters

24. how to filter these:

25. RegEx filter for "spam tricks" to get past detecti

26. Blank Sender Filtering

27. Filter Fun

28. Filter Question

29. Experimenting with some simple filters

30. filtering message content which is "unfilterable"

31. Newbie Filter Question

32. Filter nonexistent email addresses?

33. Body Filter doesn't work for me.

34. Wildcard Expressions vs. Regular Expressions

35. Filter Help!

36. Requesting help deciphering a regular

37. problem with regular expression match

38. Filter This

39. "No Subject" filter not working

40. The Unofficial Homeland Security Filter

41. Filter Sequence

42. Please help with Regular Expression problem

43. Body text in preview not triggering filters when it should

44. Please suggest a regular expression on this one!

45. Please suggest a regular expression on this one! (Continued)

46. Spam sent from ones own email address

47. Filter for multiple ASCII ( ! 033; - ~ 126;)

48. Filtering nasty URL References

49. Filter for 'white' fonts in msg

50. Q: Case Insensitive Regular Expressions ????

51. How do I filter Subject Lines containing "hi&qu

52. Need help with regex filter.

53. Camouflaged Subjects Can't Be Filtered?

54. Filtering for URLs and other text in body

55. Iana Reserved, etc.

56. Syntax of "Received:" line in header

57. Filtering for URLs and other text in body

58. Filtering "foreign fakers"

For those who may want to try something a little different with MailWasher see this thread:
HowTo: MailWasher with POPFile (Bayesian Filter)

Whoever took the time to post the above list of links deserves the thanks of all users on this forum.

Searching for, compiling and posting such a list had to take quite some time....and to do so anonymously was a very nice gesture to the 'Christmas' season.

Thank you 'Santa Claus'....I do appreciate the trip you took down the chimney to post the above.

Agreed. Now we just need a Moderator to put a sticky on this one....

A few more filter threads that I think should not be left off of the list:

59. Filtering spam in Russian characters

60. more ideas for filtering mail

61. Coded Headers

62. Different messages

63. Great tip: Copy 'Filter name' into 'Status description'

64. How do you adjust the filter order?

The above posted list are by no means all of the past threads in the MailWasher Forums that have to do with filters and Regular Expressions but the list should provide a more easy hunting ground for someone who is looking for threads having to do with filters.

I too want to pay homage to Santa Claus. Denn and Ikeb are certainly right about wanting to thank whoever did all of the "Joe Friday" work. It was no easy feat and they should feel proud of their accomplishment.

I know I sure appreciate having fewer places to look for a large majority of the same info. Makes the day's work go so much faster.

Thanks again Santa.

One of the drawbacks of posting anonymously is that the original post to this topic can't be edited by us users (perhaps DR could though). Our anonymous benefactor who posted this topic has posted an update in the Troubleshooting forum so I've taken the liberty of re-posting the updated post here.

BTW, the updated post comes with the following notes:

Because Andrey is loosing his web page (that is an absolute shame...but it happens), I am going to repost the previously posted links to 'TRegExpr' (The Regular Expression Engine used in WMP) to point to the 'Delphi' Source locations...



'TRegExpr' will download the Regular Expression Test Program.

After you install it and run it you will note the 'Global Modifiers' checkboxes at the top of the 'Expressions' page of the program. In order to have 'TRegExpr' run with the same defaults as are used by MWP, you must set these modifiers as follow:
<tt>

• \i - ON (checked)
• \m - ON (checked)
• \s - ON (checked)
• \x - OFF (unchecked)
• Greedy - ON (checked)
• Russian Ranges - OFF (unchecked)

• ENGLISH
• RUSSIAN
• BULGARIAN
• GERMAN
• FRENCH
• SPANISH

Denn988, looks like regexstudio has done some moving around. I get nothing but 404 errors on all of the links you put in the above post. Is it just me?

Maybe one day RusticDog or someone can put the updated version of the first post, that Ikeb posted in this thread, at the top since that looks to be the finished version of the filter list.

I haven't as yet but since I'm here I'd too like to thank the person who posted the list. It helps!

Actually I should have thought to suggest that RD replace the updated version as the sticky....

As to regexstudio, I get the same thing. That didn't take long.

It looks like some site "rearrangement" is taking place. I found the English Help file at http://www.regexpstudio.com/TRegExpr/Help/RegExp_Syntax.html. It looks like more comprehensive documentation in various languages can be obtained via http://regexpstudio.com/TRegExpr/TRegExpr.html

BTW, it looks like a newer version (0.952) is now available....

Yeah, that one always gets me as well. You'd think I'd learn after wondering "What the h*** is going on with this filter now?" for the nth time!

So the latest version only has the source code eh? I forgot about wanting to install the newer version. Thanks for saving me the trouble QuiteOne.

You know ... we should be asking RD to consider building TRegExpr into MWP....