J
Jim and Pat
I do not like the way filtering rules work on MS Outlook clients. Having to
give a rule with every way that V-I--A-G_R-A can be written is futile and it
is slower to check one-at-a-time against a list of spam words. It would be
better if users could also use regular expression patterns to represent an
infinite range of prospective ways that can be checked in one-pass (geek
talk-- a RegExp can be checked in one pass using a finite state machine,
very fast). The following RegExp (RE) would match a huge variety of such
words:
[vVuU].*[iI1|!].*[aA@].*[gG].*[rR].*[aA@]
RE experts might come up with more complicated patterns than this (replacing
each .* with specific in-between letter patterns). But the above RE would
capture many instances that get past my current filter rules. There are
still lots that would get past, such as the spammer trick to use HTML tables
w/ row-span to interleave characters on separate lines into [visually] one
line (e.g., V I _ _ R _ interleaved with _ _ A G _ A).
None the less, RE would be useful and is on my Outlook client WISH LIST. Is
there any way now to get such support plugged into an Outlook client? Is it
scheduled for a future MS Outlook client version (not just for the Outlook
Server¹s spam filters... users need such powerful filters too). I am stuck
using Outlook at work and am tired of fighting for Internet standards, so RE
in Outlook filters is my desire (not changing clients).
Jim
give a rule with every way that V-I--A-G_R-A can be written is futile and it
is slower to check one-at-a-time against a list of spam words. It would be
better if users could also use regular expression patterns to represent an
infinite range of prospective ways that can be checked in one-pass (geek
talk-- a RegExp can be checked in one pass using a finite state machine,
very fast). The following RegExp (RE) would match a huge variety of such
words:
[vVuU].*[iI1|!].*[aA@].*[gG].*[rR].*[aA@]
RE experts might come up with more complicated patterns than this (replacing
each .* with specific in-between letter patterns). But the above RE would
capture many instances that get past my current filter rules. There are
still lots that would get past, such as the spammer trick to use HTML tables
w/ row-span to interleave characters on separate lines into [visually] one
line (e.g., V I _ _ R _ interleaved with _ _ A G _ A).
None the less, RE would be useful and is on my Outlook client WISH LIST. Is
there any way now to get such support plugged into an Outlook client? Is it
scheduled for a future MS Outlook client version (not just for the Outlook
Server¹s spam filters... users need such powerful filters too). I am stuck
using Outlook at work and am tired of fighting for Internet standards, so RE
in Outlook filters is my desire (not changing clients).
Jim