Must be a server-level, because I have no automatic filters in my email (except
for blocked senders).
david
David Turk
Manager, Preservation Imaging Services
Indiana Historical Society
Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana History Center
450 W. Ohio St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202
(317) 232-4592
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-----Original Message-----
From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff
Wright
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 1:48 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Incoming CGUYS messages sometimes marked as spam
> I think we covered this before, but about 1/3 of the CGUYS messages are being
> marked with a Spam prefix in my Inbox. Why is this? tia.
That depends on what is being used for your spam filtering, but
something, text or something else, is triggering your filter. Is your
spam filter at the server or desktop? If the desktop, you'll either
need to tweak some settings or add the CGUYS to your whitelist. If on
a server, you would need to contact your sysadmin.
Spam filtering is more art than science. I've lost track of just how
many filters our product, Xwall, uses, but it's designed for a
multi-filter approach, as what one will miss, another will catch.
It's false positive rate is <1%, but it's a balancing act as to how
aggressive to be when filtering spam. Too aggressive and there are
too many false positives, not aggressive enough and too much spam
slips through.
Comcast started using a filtering service that was terrible and
blocked about a 1/3 of CGUYS messages. There was no notice nor any
way to retrieve the blocked messages. That's a piss-poor and
amateurish way of filtering spam. I moved by CGUYS sub to Gmail and
the problem is solved. I give everyone my gmail address now. I don't
plan on using the Comcast address for anything important.
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