An Outlook filter for image spam

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Ben

Hi,

I am getting really annoyed by image spam that is getting through both the
Gmail and Norton 2006 spam filters and is obviously from the same source. The
subject is always something unsuspicous and the body of the mail contains a
different unrelated text. The problem is that it also contains an inline
image but looking at the source code I do not understand the
'cid:[email protected]' between the image tags. I have pasted
the full source code of one of the mails below. Can anyone suggest a filter
for Outlook to deal with these mails as I cannot see a way of creating a
filter based on the syntax of the source code?

Many thanks,
Ben

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta content="text/html;charset=Windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type">
</head>
<body>
<img src="cid:[email protected]"><br>
I don't see it on him any more.<br>
Does it get any sunlight?<br>
The whole thing is warm as well.<br>
If you can only swear at it, it's software.<br>
if there is ammonia, you will need to adjust the water changes. I'd much
prefer to not use meds unless necessary, in my experience with animals,
the more the meds the more the complications.<br>
Does it get any sunlight? Maybe the tank wants to be strictly Amazon,
all the Cuban stuff is dying, lol.<br>
After just a few days I couldn't find the damage, and if it weren't for
the fact that my mom saw his fins too, I would have thought I was going
crazy!<br>
My one concern is that he seems to have a slight case of pop-eye.<br>
I still may do that but of course, it would not be puffers with a betta.
I don't want her to starve. I think that would really flow with what you
have on your walls.<br>
Why would I spend five dollars on an antibiotic when I can get a new
fish for three? Why would I spend five dollars on an antibiotic when I
can get a new fish for three? They eat the sinking pellets too, but the
floating ones seem catch their attention quicker.<br>
Not one of those big bulky ones, the out-stretched branchy ones, with
some moss on it and bushier plants like the wisteria growing up around
it from the center.<br>
Sometimes, well often, I will stop and make sure they at least know that
the poor fish can't live off of the roots of the plant they have stuck
into the vase the betta is trapped in.<br>
I don't want her to starve.<br>
She isn't very interested in food right now though and that worries me.
And he builds a beautiful bubble nest around the entire circumference of
his bowl.<br>
Not one of those big bulky ones, the out-stretched branchy ones, with
some moss on it and bushier plants like the wisteria growing up around
it from the center. My one concern is that he seems to have a slight
case of pop-eye.<br>
Just exploring options.<br>
This is getting to be so frustrating! I have a bad feeling my mom has
been feeding him while I'm not around because she feels sorry for him,
even though I tell her not to.
</body>
</html>
 
M

Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Outlook does a poor job filtering on HTML mail - I use a third party program SpamBayes that works very well. Free and open source from sourceforge.net. I have seen other recommend mailwasher, although I don't know if it is also free. Google for spam blockers and you will find a wealth of programs, some free, some low cost.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Ben asked:

| Hi,
|
| I am getting really annoyed by image spam that is getting through
| both the Gmail and Norton 2006 spam filters and is obviously from the
| same source. The subject is always something unsuspicous and the body
| of the mail contains a different unrelated text. The problem is that
| it also contains an inline image but looking at the source code I do
| not understand the 'cid:[email protected]' between the
| image tags. I have pasted the full source code of one of the mails
| below. Can anyone suggest a filter for Outlook to deal with these
| mails as I cannot see a way of creating a filter based on the syntax
| of the source code?
|
| Many thanks,
| Ben
|
| <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
| <html>
| <head>
| <meta content="text/html;charset=Windows-1252"
| http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head>
| <body>
| <img src="cid:[email protected]"><br>
| I don't see it on him any more.<br>
| Does it get any sunlight?<br>
| The whole thing is warm as well.<br>
| If you can only swear at it, it's software.<br>
| if there is ammonia, you will need to adjust the water changes. I'd
| much prefer to not use meds unless necessary, in my experience with
| animals,
| the more the meds the more the complications.<br>
| Does it get any sunlight? Maybe the tank wants to be strictly Amazon,
| all the Cuban stuff is dying, lol.<br>
| After just a few days I couldn't find the damage, and if it weren't
| for
| the fact that my mom saw his fins too, I would have thought I was
| going crazy!<br>
| My one concern is that he seems to have a slight case of pop-eye.<br>
| I still may do that but of course, it would not be puffers with a
| betta.
| I don't want her to starve. I think that would really flow with what
| you have on your walls.<br>
| Why would I spend five dollars on an antibiotic when I can get a new
| fish for three? Why would I spend five dollars on an antibiotic when I
| can get a new fish for three? They eat the sinking pellets too, but
| the floating ones seem catch their attention quicker.<br>
| Not one of those big bulky ones, the out-stretched branchy ones, with
| some moss on it and bushier plants like the wisteria growing up around
| it from the center.<br>
| Sometimes, well often, I will stop and make sure they at least know
| that
| the poor fish can't live off of the roots of the plant they have stuck
| into the vase the betta is trapped in.<br>
| I don't want her to starve.<br>
| She isn't very interested in food right now though and that worries
| me.
| And he builds a beautiful bubble nest around the entire circumference
| of
| his bowl.<br>
| Not one of those big bulky ones, the out-stretched branchy ones, with
| some moss on it and bushier plants like the wisteria growing up around
| it from the center. My one concern is that he seems to have a slight
| case of pop-eye.<br>
| Just exploring options.<br>
| This is getting to be so frustrating! I have a bad feeling my mom has
| been feeding him while I'm not around because she feels sorry for him,
| even though I tell her not to.
| </body>
| </html>
 

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