Do any messages get filtered?

Yes. More than half of them go to the spam folder. The curious thing is... why don't all of the ones eligible for filtering go there?

What exactly do your filters look like?

I have attached a copy of my "rules.dat" file to this post so you can see what (and how) I am filtering.

Are you sure you used the ``contains'' action and not ``is''?

I did find (and correct) a syntax error in one of the rules (one of the "To:" rules) but all the rest were correct.

The email that piqued my animosity had a subject line that read:

Printer Cartridges - Save up to 80% - Free Shipping Offer

I have subject filters in place for: Printer; Cartridges; Save; %; Free; and Offer. Any one of those six filters should have sent that email to the spam folder, and I am baffled as to why none of them did.

Here is a list of the subject words being filtered:

explicit, girl, hardcore, hot, penile
penis, porn, sex, size, teen
$, cartridges, DVD, free, gift
inkjet, mini, norton, sample, toner
viagra, video, money, mortgage, certificate
approval, approved, burnside, cash, chat
confirmation, congratulations, debt, fat, friend
gift, important, improve, interest, klez
offer, profit, rate, sale, save
savings, warning, winner, Christmas, [empty]
password, %, printer

In addition, there are other filters for Sender, To, CC, and Priority.

I don't understand why these filters aren't more effective.

tanstaafl.