Wed Jun 27, 2012, 09:41 AM

I'm getting mailbombed by Arabic spammers.

I don't even know what the messages say, but I can sometimes get ten a day.

Is there a filter that will block out anything but Western script?

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I'm getting mailbombed by Arabic spammers. (Original post)	Baitball Blogger	Jun 2012	OP
Blocking the spam due to its origin would probably work better.	ManiacJoe	Jun 2012	#1
Excellent! Thank you.	Baitball Blogger	Jun 2012	#2
Here's a place to start if you want to figure it out...	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#3
What a helpful bugger you are this morning.	Baitball Blogger	Jul 2012	#4
It isn't that difficult. It LOOKS hard, but it really isn't.	HopeHoops	Jul 2012	#5

Response to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:43 PM

ManiacJoe (5,579 posts)

1. Blocking the spam due to its origin would probably work better.

But that is best done at the ISP level in the incoming mail server.

You should be able to take a few of the Arabic characters and put them into subject or body filters and move the email to your spam folder.

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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 04:00 PM

Baitball Blogger (11,286 posts)