how to filter by a text from the recipient field (spam)

how to filter by a text from the recipient field (spam), does not seem to work

Peter Dollar User Posts: 19 Points: 14 Rating: 1 Authority: 1 Joined: 07 November 2009	#1 0 01 February 2010 21:28:19 hi In my common filter I have several rules and it's working ok but when I tried to filter manually for certain spam messages (from the mail provider) there's a problem. those emails come with text "ad send by [...]" in the "to" field. choosing neither 'recipient' nor 'message source' did work. what can you advise ?

Roelof Otten Guru Posts: 2963 Points: 5336 Rating: 61 Authority: 61 Joined: 19 September 2004	#2 0 02 February 2010 08:48:04 Header field - To - contains - 'exact string' __________________________________ I'm just a user of The Bat! I don't work for Ritlabs.

Peter Dollar User Posts: 19 Points: 14 Rating: 1 Authority: 1 Joined: 07 November 2009	#3 0 02 February 2010 10:08:32 There I have 'contains', 'contains all' or 'match' but not 'exact string' [ver. 4.0] Chose 'contains all' for now and we'll see...

Roelof Otten Guru Posts: 2963 Points: 5336 Rating: 61 Authority: 61 Joined: 19 September 2004	#4 0 02 February 2010 17:31:41 Use 'contains', with exact string I meant that the common part of those advertisements should matched withut typos. Typos are a very common reason that filters don't function properly. __________________________________ I'm just a user of The Bat! I don't work for Ritlabs.

Peter Dollar User Posts: 19 Points: 14 Rating: 1 Authority: 1 Joined: 07 November 2009	#5 0 02 February 2010 17:47:10 It won't work! I tried exact string (copy plus paste) tried with 'match' and 'contains' then ok and I re-filter (which folder shoudl I refilter by the way, did at both the original inbox and global inbox t be sure) previously it worked with other rules