No "Specific Header" option in Rules

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No "Specific Header" option in Rules

Outlook Express had an option called "Specific Header" in the message rules for filtering incoming e-mail. I used it to automatically direct "Bulk" (junk/spam) as determined by Yahoo into my trash using the filter: X-YahooFilteredBulk. However, there appears to be no way to do this in Mail. Am I missing something?

Mail's junk filter is nowhere nearly as thorough.

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Nov 14, 2006 8:40 AM

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Answer 1

Eric Cote

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Nov 14, 2006 8:47 AM in response to David Sibley

yes. when you add a rule, you can edit add/edit the Header list to add custom headers.

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David Sibley Author

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Nov 14, 2006 8:54 AM in response to Eric Cote

Wow, you must be sitting right on top of the lists! Thanks for confirming it could be done.

But, this is how: X-Yahoofilteredbulk is in fact a header. Unlike Outlook Express, Mail does not allow you simply to specify that its presence in the Header is enough to boot it to the trash. My solution was to select "Contains"and imput a period "." since the junk headers I viewed were all IP addresses with periods. That immediately popped something like 1200 e-mails Mail's junk filter missed into my trash.

If there is another way to do this I welcome the input.

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Eric Cote

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Nov 14, 2006 9:12 AM in response to David Sibley

yes, you have to do it that way, custom headers usually have a repetitive form in their content, like "X-Spam:Yes".

the period was a good idea if they are all ip's. I assume the header is only present if it's bulk?

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