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We just started receiving tons of spam messages that have empty "from" or "sender" fields and we cannot seem to get Message Filters to trigger on empty fields.

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I'm trying to create a filter that will delete messages that come through without any information in the FROM or SENDER fields.

I've tried: "From + Contains + [BLANK]" and "Sender + Contains + [BLANK]" (where [BLANK] is leaving that field empty), and it does not work.

I'm trying to create a filter that will delete messages that come through without any information in the FROM or SENDER fields. I've tried: "From + Contains + [BLANK]" and "Sender + Contains + [BLANK]" (where [BLANK] is leaving that field empty), and it does not work.

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The filter I use is like this: From doesn't contain @ If that line is blank it will not have the @ symbol, but otherwise it will have that symbol, since every email address has it. You could do the same for the Sender line.

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Almost forgot ... Here is what my filter looks like why I try building it:

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Trying to fight spam with static filters is pretty much hopeless. Use junk mail controls for this. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Junk_Mail_Controls

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christ1 said

Trying to fight spam with static filters is pretty much hopeless. Use junk mail controls for this. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Junk_Mail_Controls

Thanks but I do of course use Junk Mail Controls already. That's quite different than this issue. I's not learned behavior I'm looking for. I want to delete ANY message that does not contain a sender address. That'sa filter issue.

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The filter I use is like this: From doesn't contain @ If that line is blank it will not have the @ symbol, but otherwise it will have that symbol, since every email address has it. You could do the same for the Sender line.