Re: [url=computercops.biz/t4125-filters.html]filters[/url] and [url=computercops.biz/t4123-filters_Fw_FW_Fww_etc_etc.html]filters: Fw:FW: Fww: etc etc[/url]

This thread raises an interesting question I hadn't even thought of yet.

Assuming that MW is processing the friends list first, then the blacklist, and knowing that filters can "take precedence" over either list, and that a friends list / blacklist match and a filter match can cause a conflict "warning", or the filter can "take precedence", we can jump to the conclusion that there is an internal variable at filter time that indicates if the white/black lists have already been matched.

Which suggests three new possibilities in the filter definition:

(_) Apply to friends only (excludes blacklisted)
(_) Apply to blacklist only (excludes friends)
(_) Apply to ALL messages (default)

This is the same situation I ask about a few days ago. It would be great to beable to filter out the crap forwarded emails we receive from friends. I can't even get it to mark for deletion by putting in the filters: Fwd: FW: Fw: etc., had a reply from MW, sent them a jpeg of my settings this morning and waiting for their answer to this problem. Also suggested that filtered email be deleted just like blacklisted emails at the provider. From: Bonners Ferry, Idaho

A follow up to the problem I have trying to filter forward junk mail from friends. I have tried everyone's suggestions including MW tech's and nothing appears to stop the FW:Fwd: etc, etc from getting through. We all have friends I am sure that insist on sending forwarded mail that was forwarded to them. I would love a solution to this problem short of blacklisting the friend.