Hi,

if I set up a "received from" filter for example, can I put a series of names with a colon or comma in between them or will I need to use a separate drop down box for each name ?

Many thanks,

Michael

If you want to check for multiple names or addresses, you will need to either use a separate drop down box for each name, or use a regular expression filter. The former is the easiest to understand, the latter is probably the quickest, since you would just use a "|" character to separate the addresses, and put a "\" before each period (a period is a special operator). For example:

"The 'From' field", "Contains RegExpr", "gjones@abc\.com|tjc@silly\.com|tjameson@stealth\.com"

Otherwise, you would use:

"The 'From' field", "Contains", "gjones@abc.com"
"The 'From' field", "Contains", "tjc@silly.com"
[... etc.]

Does that make sense?

"The 'From' field", "Contains RegExpr", "gjones@abc\.com|tjc@silly\.com|tjameson@stealth\.com"

Does that make sense?[/quote]

Yes and thanks for the info. I didn't know that I had to use RegExpr Contains ..

regards

Mike

thanks Darren,

I thought that that was the pipe sign

Just trying the "quick reply" for the 2nd time and if it doesn't work I'll do the "quote",

regards

Mike

thanks for your help and my filters are working well

I got an email today that had a similar address i@spam.com.com which the program couldn't blacklist because the return address wasn't good.

so should I use the / after both .. i@spam./com./com

regards

Michael

sorry. just realised that I should have written I@spam\.com\.com - getting late here. Mike

Yes, you should "escape" each dot.