Email filtering question using asterisk *

Hello,

I have recently been receiving a lot of spam and am trying to use the built-in email filter on my Bold9900 to stay on top of it. I have an icloud and a private exchange account via BESx set up. Whilst I can edit the rules on the exchange account easily I do a lot of messaging from my phone so I need to be able to add/edit filters from my 9900.

I have read the short help guide on the phone but would like to clarify the following:

example*; example2*; example3*; is what I should be doing (according to the manual) to block messages from a multitude of senders.

However, a lot of the spam I receive is from highjacked legitimate mail accounts. So my question is:

Can I use the asterisk as a wild card in the SUBJECT and MESSAGE fields? And if so: Is the format the same as above (i.e. example*)?
Can I also use the asterisk before a word (i.e. *example*)?

The help guide is a bit too vague here (at least to me).

Many thanks, I appreciate any help with this!

P.S. I am using a Bold 9900, 7.1.0.1047

So you're trying to block senders by using the asterisk?

Originally Posted by qbnkelt

So you're trying to block senders by using the asterisk?

Yes, that's right.

The other thing I would like to do is use asterisks before and after key words in order to block messages by "subject" and "message" categories. It would very much help if I didn't have to create a new rule for every new key word or phrase as I will end up with dozens of rules.