Keywords enhancement - Boolean logic / regex

[vertigo220]

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Feature description

The keywords feature is a great idea, and with some improvements can be very useful. As it is, though, it's too limited to be of much use, as blocking any SMS with a particular keyword may cause blocking one that shouldn't be blocked. To help ensure this doesn't happen, it should be improved to allow blocking only messages that contain e.g. WORD1 AND WORD2 but NOT WORD3, and it should allow regex usage. While more complex, it should even allow things such as WORD1 AND (WORD2 OR WORD3).

Why do you want this feature?

See above

Additional information

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[interfect]

Apparently this could also be solved by parsing/applying the block list entries as regular expressions, instead of search engine style AND/OR booleans

[vertigo220]

I've been using SpamBlocker, an open-source app that uses various methods, including regex, to block calls and texts. It allows me to do exactly this, but even better as it works across apps and for calls as well. I mention it not only so others looking for this functionality can check it out (it's very well-designed, works well, and the developer is responsive and friendly), but so the developers of this app can determine if it's worth the time to develop this feature in this app when it already exists elsewhere and, if so, perhaps they can use some of the code from the other project or even collaborate with them to build similar functionality into Messages or use SpamBlocker as an extension of sorts.

[interfect]

I don't think SpamBlocker will work for my usecase; I want spam conversations removed from my main text message list, not just to not be notified about them.

[Platway]

I'm using this. You can create a filter with sender and multiple keywords combined. Regex is also supported.