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What do you think of the efficiency of utlizing FSO (FileSystemObjects) to read in a textstream file of "matching criteria" for a filter?  I envision being able to maintain a long set of REGEX matching criteria (A Blacklist) in a Windows text file.  THe format of the file would be "one regex string per line" and I'd loop through the input using FSO's ReadLine method.  This approach makes maintaining the list of filter criteria much easier than via the TBird3 filter manager interface.  My concern is whether the resource and time efficiency of opening and parsing the file with Javascript for each incoming mail message will be too much overhead.  I'd appreciate your input on this approach.

A similar capability would be possible if one could utilize an addressbook as a storage mechanism for this set regex's.  Of course, I'd need to be able to specify that the "Is in Address Book" condition be looking at a field other than the email address (i.e. Notes or Customx fields).