On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Stuart A. Yeates <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:38 AM, steve uurtamo <[email protected]> wrote: > > i have to pull about 1/5 of this list's emails > > out of gmail's spam filter [...]. > > A solution to this is to create a filter for the list ('filter > messages like this' on the drop down by the reply buttom) and tell > gmail never to put emails that match the filter in the spam folder. > > [Yes, I'm aware that this is merely treating the symptoms] > > cheers > stuart I'd like to second Stuart's approach, at least for gmail use; gmail users will find the following of interest. I have not had to drag any computer-go messages out of my spam box ever since I: - Created a *label, *"[computer-go]", by going to Settings --> Labels --> Create new label. - Created a *filter, *by going to Settings --> Filters --> Create a new filter. I disagree that doing so is merely treating the symptoms of a problem. What it is, is sorting incoming mail, and putting it into folders, *before *the spam box ever sees it, which the spam box never does. The "label" really acts like a folder. This obviates the need for a spam-filter ever to be applied to these messages at all, and so it isn't applied. Now, I know that gmail will try to tell you "Search, don't sort!" They look upon folders as somehow old-fashioned. <Ptui!> Gol'-danged whippersnappers. I likes to put me mail inna folder, by Jiminy. So, I *sort, *which obviates the need for * searching!* Google-hooligans! I had a similar problem with the AGA go e-journal, took the same approach, and now those never end up in my spam box either. They end up instead, neatly sorted into my AGA folder. Same goes for other stuff I knew I wanted. Here is my list of labels and filters: *The following filters are applied to all incoming mail: *Matches: from:([email protected]) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "AGA" Matches: subject:([computer-go]) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "[computer-go]" Matches: from:([email protected]) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "Negreanu" Matches: from:([email protected]) Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "slashdot" Matches: label:buzz Do this: Skip Inbox Since there's already a "buzz" folder (inconveniently placed immediately below my inbox, yuck) none of that detritus shows up in my inbox either. And, by the miracle of old-fashioned technology (Yankee ingenuity, we used to call it) there are fewer "false positives", so almost every message that ends up in my spam box, really is spam! And if it's not spam, I can just create a new filter. Now I have protected myself from the disgruntled folks who are marking the list messages as spam. So, for me, this is a solution, not just a workaround. -- Rich
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