Spoof filter

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I want to create a spoof filter that

If a message comes from the "paypal.com" domain
*Except if from "spoof"
And the message contains hyperlinks that do not lead to sites in the
"paypal.com" domain

Then forward the message as an attachment to "(e-mail address removed)"
*And move it to the "Spoofs" folder.

How would/should I go about doing this?
 
Am Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:01:03 -0800 schrieb Stuart P. Bentley:

In OL >= XP you can create a rule that checks for the sender´s domain and
run a script.

You can then use the Instr function and search in the body e.g. for www.*.*,
http:/*, file:/*, https:/*.

If the message contains one of the searched strings use the Move function
for moving it into another folder.
 
OK, so that'd search within the HTML itself for the true URL of the
hyperlink? How exactly would I code this?

instr find http://* NOT http://www.paypal.com?

And then what? My coding experience is limited to a bit of C++ console
programming.
 
Am Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:17:03 -0800 schrieb Stuart P. Bentley:

You need the functions InStr and Mid. In HTML messages you can search for
the <a href> tag with InStr. From that position search the next </a> tag.
Within that substring determine what exactly the url is and if it´s
paypal.com (or whatever) or not.

Please have a look into the Object Browser (F2). Switch from <All Libraries>
to Outlook, and select MailItem in the left pane. In the right pane you can
now see all the MailItem´s methods, properties etc. Select the Move function
and press F1. That leads you to the VBA help topic with a sample.

(The same works for the Forward function, of course).
 
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