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Deadletter 1.12 Released

Monday 4/5/98 - Blue Wolf has released version 1.12. This version has been enhanced to better work with Eudora 4.0.

1) Fixed a bug that caused blank fields to appear in Save/Kill dialog on some Eudora systems.

2) Fixed a bug that caused some messages from mass mailers to not check the Saved Senders list.

Frequently Asked Questions

"I sent myself a bunch of junk mail messages as a test and they all got through. Why?"

By default, Deadletter does not perform junk mail tests on mail that is specifically addressed to you. Almost all bulk emailers put your address in the bcc: (blind cc) field. Those are the messages that are checked to see if they are spam or not. The best way to test Deadletter is to install in your Eudora plugins folder and let it do it's job as you use Eudora.

"Ok, but what if I want to have Deadletter perform junk mail tests even on messages specifically addressed to me?"

If you find yourself getting a lot of junk mail that is specifically addressed to you (spammers are getting cleverer all the time), then you need to adjust your settings. Open the Deadletter settings dialog from the Special->Message Plugin settings... menu item and click on the "Junk Mail Filters" page. The first edit field will by default show you your email address. If any mail is specifically addressed to this address then it will not be screened for spam messages. Simply delete the address from this field and all messages not sent by people in your address book will be scanned.

"What is the order of processing for Deadletter? What does it check first?"

The order of processing matches the order of the pages in the Deadletter settings dialog. Specifically:

1) If the "Disable all message checking" checkbox is checked in the Label page, then no further message checking is performed at all.
2) Messages from Saved Senders are accepted without further checking, then messages from Killed Senders are killed without further checking. Since the Saved senders are checked first, this allows you to specify the user ID of a sender to be saved, and kill messages from every other sender in that domain.
3) Next, senders are checked against your Eudora address book. If they are found, then the message is saved.
4) The Kill Subject Text, Kill Header Text, and Kill Message Text lists are checked next and the message is killed if any text fields match.
5) Finally, the user ID in the Junk Mail Filters page is checked. If the message is not specifically addressed (in the To or cc fields) to the user ID specified, then all checked junk mail tests are performed.

"What do you mean by Kill and Save ?"

When Deadletter "Kills" a message it puts a label in the last line of the message. Currently it's "[**SEND TO DEADMAIL**]". This kill label can then be used by a filter (created by the installer) that marks the priority as lowest and transfers the mail to the DeadMail mailbox (also created by the installer). In Eudora 3.03 or below, Deadletter "Saves" a message by putting the keep label "[**OK**]" as the last line of the message body. In Eudora 3.05 or higher, Deadletter examines all messages so the [**OK**] tag is not required. A saved message is left alone.

"Why use both a keep and a kill label in Eudora 3.03? Why not just use a kill label and keep all the rest?"

In Eudora 3.05 and higher, that is exactly how it works, and the keep label is unnecessary. Unfortunately, the 3.03 version of Eudora neglects to send all of the messages it receives to it's plugins, so Deadletter does not even get the chance to screen many bulk email messages. The vast majority of messages NOT sent to Eudora plugins are from bulk emailers, and thus are spam, so by default they are sent to DeadMail. We recommend that you upgrade to Eudora 3.05 (the upgrade is free) and install the latest Deadletter version 1.02.

"What about legit messages not sent to Deadletter? Or bulk email messages I DO want to receive?"

The easiest way to correct this is to open the message and then select "Kill or Save Messages" from the Edit->Message Plugins.. menu item. Click the Save radio button so save all future messages from that sender's user ID or anyone in that sender's domain. Keep in mind that the From field is not constant for some maillist messages. In that case it is better to go to the Deadletter Settings dialog and enter the address found in the X-Sender, Sender or List-Server field into the Saved Senders list.

"Why not put a spam label in the Subject line instead of the message body?"

The current Eudora plug-in system does not allow us to edit any header fields, so we have to use the message body. By putting the [**SEND TO DEADMAIL**] tag at the end, we hope to minimize the disruption if you actually wanted to read the message. A unique feature of Deadletter also allows you to edit the message (open the message and select the Edit->Message Plug-ins->Edit this message... menu item and you can remove this label or do any other editing you want).

"When are you coming out with a Macintosh version?"

Development of the Macintosh version depends on getting new Eudora Mac 4.0 development files from Qualcomm. These are expected soon. We will add a notification to our home page when that happens.

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