My brain is still frozen I think....
I have a website where people list stolen items, and three of us share the management.
The contact link on the site stopped working a few years ago so I created a rule in Fastmail a while back so that users could e-mail us ("stolenitemsite_admin_team@domain.org") and it's starting to get some spam (so far repeat messages of the same type.)
What I don't have enough brain cells for... is there some way to set up a rule that filters out certain spam -before- the rule bounces the message out to the other site managers? I looked up the rule and there's helper text that says this:
Alias delivery target
Mail sent to this address will bypass filters and be delivered to the selected addresses.

Thx.

Can you change the email address (say every year) to limit the spam?

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Can you change the email address (say every year) to limit the spam?

Yeah, will have to rent some brain cells to remember how to get into the site and make the changes though.

In Apple’s Mail program rules are executed in order. So rule #1 could move the offending message to the junk folder before rule #2 could forward the email.

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If you have multiple rules, they're applied in the order in which they appear in the Rules list. Drag a rule in the list to change its order. Mail stops applying rules to a message when the message is transferred to another mailbox, or if the Stop Evaluating Rules action is specified.

Maybe this can be done with fastmail also?

[www.fastmail.help]

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Our Settings ? Mail rules screen can help you keep your mailbox organized exactly how you like it, without any unwanted messages or spam. The Mail Rules screen is organized into four sections: Blocked senders, Spam protection, Address actions, and Rules. When a message is received, the way it moves through our system is reflected in this screen from top to bottom: First, we check if the sender is blocked. After that, we check if the message should be marked as spam according to your settings. Next, we check if you have any actions set up for this particular address. Finally, we check how the message should be filtered according to your rules.

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Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/15/2024 11:02PM by davemchine.

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In Apple’s Mail program rules are executed in order. So rule #1 could move the offending message to the junk folder before rule #2 could forward the email.

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If you have multiple rules, they're applied in the order in which they appear in the Rules list. Drag a rule in the list to change its order. Mail stops applying rules to a message when the message is transferred to another mailbox, or if the Stop Evaluating Rules action is specified.

Maybe this can be done with fastmail also?

[www.fastmail.help]

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Our Settings ? Mail rules screen can help you keep your mailbox organized exactly how you like it, without any unwanted messages or spam. The Mail Rules screen is organized into four sections: Blocked senders, Spam protection, Address actions, and Rules. When a message is received, the way it moves through our system is reflected in this screen from top to bottom: First, we check if the sender is blocked. After that, we check if the message should be marked as spam according to your settings. Next, we check if you have any actions set up for this particular address. Finally, we check how the message should be filtered according to your rules.

Thanks, this helps. I'll try adding the domain to "blocked senders" although I'm a bit confused as to whether blocking it by the domain showing (which is probably spoofed) is of any use.