Re: anti-spam filter package

I also now frequent this newsgroup, so it's safe to reply here...

[email protected] wrote:
> Please note, if you are going to reply to this message, reply back to me
> ([email protected]), and not to the newsgroup, as the only
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> to the three other newsgroups who this concerns.
> 
> I have put together some filters which should block at least 80-95% of 
> spam.
> I
> hope it BLOCKS all spam, but thats just hopefulness.  It uses Mozilla 
> mail's
> filters, and it has several actual filters, each with their own
> subfilters/rules.  In this way its "modular" (actually not really, just 
> more
> customizable) in that if you actually subsribe to say "porn mail" you can
> turn
> off the set of filters that targets porn mail.  I was disappointed that the
> filters did not allow me to scan the complete headers, however I think my
> "filter package" is ready for use.  I've named it "SpamSlayer", and it 
> needs
> an
> easy installer package.  Since its a ruleset, it goes in the mail folder,
> located in slightly different paths on different computers.  Usually its
> something like:
> c:\windows\application data\mozilla/profiles/default user/(random
> string).slt/mail/(server IP address (don't know if this is the pop3 or 
> smtp,
> since both of mine are the same))
> 
> If someone could setup an installer that could find this dynamic location
> and
> replace the current ruleset with the SpamSlayer ruleset, or even better,
> APPEND
> the SpamSlayer ruleset to the current one (so current filters aren't
> overwritten
> and lost).
> 
> If someone could setup an installer that could find this dynamic location
> and replace the current ruleset with the SpamSlayer ruleset, or even 
> better,
> APPEND the SpamSlayer ruleset to the current one (so current filters aren't
> overwritten and lost).  In addition a folder named "Possible Spam" (I can
> provide the files which make up the folder) must be created in the Local
> Folders folder.
> 
> Unforetuneately, an XPI does not seem to have the capibilities to do what I
> need.  The instructions for making one were also very confusing.
> 
> Can anyone help me and make an installer for me?  I can provide all the
> files.  In addition, I might release updated versions of the package in the
> future, so a "package maker" would be the best sort of thing.
> 
> 
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