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Do message filters search content, or only headers?

Mark Filipak
Mark Filipak

Filtering on this: adservice.google.com, in the body of messages does not work. I suspect message filters only look at headers. Is that the case?

Filtering on this: adservice.google.com, in the body of messages does not work. I suspect message filters only look at headers. Is that the case?

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Matt
Matt
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Filters search the body as it is displayed. So addservice.google.com will be found only if it is visible in the text of the email when you read it. The message source is not available to filters.

Mark Filipak
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