[Mimedefang] filtering words from the subject line

Ben Kamen bkamen at benjammin.net
Mon Jan 15 19:40:33 EST 2007


dick at nagual.nl wrote:
> Can I find a MD rule somewhere on how to filter out a list of unwanted
> words in the subject header from incoming E-mails?
> 
> I have these words filtered now by Sieve, but I'd like to do this for all
> users. So, doing it with MD seems a good option.
> 
> I would be very greatfull for an example.
> 

Keyword filtering is a VERY dangerous thing.

We can't stress strongly enough how it can generate a LOT of false 
positives.

 -Ben

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