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Below is a list of some of the Regular Expression Filter Topics from the MailWasher Forums here at CastleCops [1]. Some of the topics may be considered to contain more relevant information than others but each may contain some useful information.

[edit] Featured Topics

Coverage Topic
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Paying homage to the filter list that pretty much started it all: Gary's Filters
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For a Regular Expression tester (TRegExpr) to use:

Is this Satisfactory for testing Regex?

Filter tester
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A few web sites which have tutorials on Regular Expressions:

Regular Expressions Help

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For something a little different with MailWasher:

HowTo: MailWasher with POPFile (Bayesian Filter)


[edit] Various Regular Expression Topics

The titles used in the first column are as submitted by the original topic originators. An explanatory summary as to what the topic covers is offered in the second column.

Topic Title Explanatory Notes
1. Newbie Filter Question Filtering anything other than *.com, *.net, *.org etc.
2. filtering message content which is "unfilterable" Filtering charset=iso-8859-1 and/or base 64
3. RegEx filter for "spam tricks" to get past detecti Spotting anti-SPAM Filter Avoidance
4. Blank Sender Filtering No Sender
5. Experimenting with some simple filters Subject field Anomalies
6. "Beta" version of MailWasher Sample Filters Availa Testing a "Beta" version of Gary's Filters
7. MW Sample Filters updated: 2003-06-02a Gary's Announcement of Updated Filters: 2003-06-02a
8. how to filter these: 3otsng76vs62(At Sign)yahoo.com Filtering "randomstringofjunk@*" Addresses
9. Filter Question CC'ed Multiple usernames @ same server
10. Filter Fun Filter Fun - Detects Porn?
11. Mailwasher Filters How to Customize Gary's Filters
12. filters: Fw:FW: Fww: etc etc Filtering Messages that were Forwarded
13. Trouble with regexp - repeating with {} Regex problem? - Repeating a sequence with {}
14. Filter doesn't find keywords in the body Why simple word matches may not work
15. Expert advice on wildcard filtering and Reg Expr please! Managing regex filter design workload
16. filters - can I use colons or periods to separate Checking for multiple names / addresses
17. Filter base64 MIME encoding... Base 64 Content -> Presence filtering
18. Gary's Not A Recipient Filter Adjusting Gary's "Not a Recipient" filter
19. Regexpr filter help Looking for unusual character sequences in the email address
20. Defeating the ............... Overcoming HTML encoding
21. Filtering words Watch for word boundaries and HTML tags
22. How do you filter for stuff like this? Filtering disguised words
23. Some new filters for the MW Sample Filters? Trialing some of Gary's new filters
24. problem with regular expression match Determining when Regular Expressions are applicable
25. Different messages Denn988 contributions: IANA Reserved, RIPE, APNIC, LACNIC filters
26. FILTER for mail sent via trojan mailservers .... using RDNS lookup to detect a high speed line
27. Blacklist domain? Instead use IP address filters.
28. filter word in the body Understanding the limits of finding disguised text using Regular Expressions
29. filtering advanced garbled html ? ? ? Further understanding the limit of finding disguised words.
30. "No Subject" filter not working Debugging a "No Subject" filter
31. Filter Sequence Filter sequence considerations and other tips
32. The Unofficial Homeland Security Filter Filtering based on country TLDs
33. Need to find some good filters Applying Gary's filters and a good Base64 filter
34. How to add filters pasted from forum? Using a text editor to add filters to filters.txt
35. Spam sent from ones own email address A few strategies to detect such forged messages
36. Status of filtered messages Editing the filter.txt file
37. Requesting help deciphering a regular expression Deciphering a regex
38. Filter This Dealing with encoded messages - detecting Base 64 -> attempting to detect encoded links
39. Need help with regex filter. Detecting invalid HTML tags within words
40. writing a rule to stop spoofing, help? Strategies to detect spoofing of mail from oneself
41. Filter nonexistent email addresses? Also, allowing for longer TLDs in an address
42. Wildcard Expressions vs. Regular Expressions ... develops into a discussion about filtering foreign email
43. Filtering nasty URL References Detecting redirected links and email address buried in the message
44. Filter Help! Detecting email addresses with numbers in the account portion of the From: address
45. How do I filter Subject Lines containing "hi&qu ... develops to detection and exclusion of specific characters & UNICODE character sets
46. Body Filter doesn't work for me. How to post filters and dealing with HTML obfuscation.
47. Q: Case Insensitive Regular Expressions ???? Overriding default MWP regex filter case sensitivity
48. How do you adjust the filter order? ... and more importantly, why the filter order might best be adjusted.
49. Body text in preview not triggering filters when it should An interesting discussion regarding strong spam indicators.
50. Filter for multiple ASCII ( ! 033; - ~ 126;) A discussion regarding successful filters and the possible effect of their disclosure
51. Please help with Regular Expression problem How to properly post and test expressions and some interesting regex sequences to replace ".*"
52. Filter for 'white' fonts in msg All about detecting that words may be hidden using color tags
53. Coded Headers Detecting Base64 encoded message bodies actually
54. more ideas for filtering mail Detecting IP addresses, banned links, and links that encode characters
55. Camouflaged Subjects Can't Be Filtered? ... >> filtering header fields >> speeding up filterings >> assessing filter performance
56. Filtering spam in Russian characters Filtering foreign ISO-8859-n character sets
57. Please suggest a regular expression on this one! Filtering nonsense HTML <random_letters_and_numbers> tags
58. Please suggest a regular expression on this one! (Continued) Banning dialup mail servers > nslookup utility > Other Received: field filters
59. Filtering for URLs and other text in body ... specifically redirected sites, also mentions use of "Spamversized" web sites
60. Great tip: Copy 'Filter name' into 'Status description' ... and let's have MWP do so by default
61. Iana Reserved, etc. IANA, APNIC, RIPE, and LACNIC explained
62. Filtering "foreign fakers" Identifying Non-ASCII Subjects
63. Syntax of "Received:" line in header Structuring Received: field filters >> use of NSLOOKUP and WHOIS tools >> domain names used as examples
64. Help Me! (Filter) Filter to delete mail with my address forged as Sender, but wrong display name
65. Sick of Chinese / Korean Spam Filter to delete mail from specific countries, based on character set, or based on country of origin assigned IP address range
66. Two highly effective filters Two filters - (1) Not for me, and (2) spam fingerprinted by others on the spammers list deal with 80-90% of my spam [Terry Bowden]
67. Re: P7aramCy news filter Filter for a frequently occurring spam (April 2006) [Terry Bowden]

The above posted list is by no means all of the past topics in the MailWasher Forums that have to do with filters and Regular Expressions but the list is intended to provide a convenient reference for someone who is looking for topics having to do with filters.

Anyone wishing to extend the list is most welcome to do so.


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--Ikeb 02:29, 16 Mar 2005 (EST)--Ikeb 02:29, 16 Mar 2005 (EST)

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