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ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

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

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Wed Jun 27, 2012, 02:43 PM

Jun 2012

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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I'm getting mailbombed by Arabic spammers. [View all] 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