Why would OE filters suddenly stop working ?

I have a slew of filters based on sender (spammer) names... they were
working fine for months and just last night. This morning they have
stopped filtering. I went in and checked to see that they were still
enabled, applied the specific rule multiple times to the Inbox - no
go.

I reckon it's the undocumented Monday morning chip (present on all
motherboards) that's causing the problem!

Have you got the right time and date on your system clock?

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Bob" <uctraing@ultranet.com> wrote in message
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> Why would OE filters suddenly stop working ?
>
> I have a slew of filters based on sender (spammer) names... they were
> working fine for months and just last night. This morning they have
> stopped filtering. I went in and checked to see that they were still
> enabled, applied the specific rule multiple times to the Inbox - no
> go.
>
>

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 13:04:44 -0000, "Bill Ridgeway"
<info@1001solutions.co.uk> wrote:

>I reckon it's the undocumented Monday morning chip (present on all
>motherboards) that's causing the problem!
>
>Have you got the right time and date on your system clock?
>
>Regards.
>
>Bill Ridgeway
>Computer Solutions

Yeah correct date... and I bypassed that chip with a soldering iron
and some duct tape.

Even more odd - upon further checking... they appear to have filtered
80% of the SPAM with the same exact message and names.

"Bob" <uctraing@ultranet.com> wrote in message
news:63mdp1d1vtej0opev4d62c8gfjihfm71n7@4ax.com
> Why would OE filters suddenly stop working ?
>
> I have a slew of filters based on sender (spammer) names... they were
> working fine for months and just last night. This morning they have
> stopped filtering. I went in and checked to see that they were still
> enabled, applied the specific rule multiple times to the Inbox - no
> go.

The Registry key has probably become corrupt.
Go to Start | Run and type
regedit
and navigate to this key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities\{GUID}\Software\Micro soft\Outlook
Express\5.0\Rules

Right click it and select Delete. (Make sure that you only selected Rules.)

Then you will have to rebuild your list.

--
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Spammers are notorious for changing the sender names, since they are
usually fake to begin with. Have you look at the message source
(Ctrl-F3) for some of the spam to make sure that the FROM: header still
has the text that you are using in the message rule?

Did you make any changes in any of your rules? It's possible that some
other rule that you have added/changed is affecting the logic. See:
http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Bob" <uctraing@ultranet.com> wrote in message
news:63mdp1d1vtej0opev4d62c8gfjihfm71n7@4ax.com...
> Why would OE filters suddenly stop working ?
>
> I have a slew of filters based on sender (spammer) names... they were
> working fine for months and just last night. This morning they have
> stopped filtering. I went in and checked to see that they were still
> enabled, applied the specific rule multiple times to the Inbox - no
> go.
>
>

"Michael Santovec" <michael_santovec@prodigy.net> дÈëÏûÏ¢ÐÂÎÅ:er4Ksf5%23FHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.g bl...
> Spammers are notorious for changing the sender names, since they are
> usually fake to begin with. Have you look at the message source (Ctrl-F3)
> for some of the spam to make sure that the FROM: header still has the text
> that you are using in the message rule?
>
> Did you make any changes in any of your rules? It's possible that some
> other rule that you have added/changed is affecting the logic. See:
> http://www.insideoe.com/tips/rules.htm
>
> --
>
> Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm
>
>
> "Bob" <uctraing@ultranet.com> wrote in message
> news:63mdp1d1vtej0opev4d62c8gfjihfm71n7@4ax.com...
>> Why would OE filters suddenly stop working ?
>>
>> I have a slew of filters based on sender (spammer) names... they were
>> working fine for months and just last night. This morning they have
>> stopped filtering. I went in and checked to see that they were still
>> enabled, applied the specific rule multiple times to the Inbox - no
>> go.
>>
>>
>
>