Hi Nigel,

On 6/17/02 8:26 PM, "Nigel Stanger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:

>> [...] the only thing we know is that if a message is from a contact or a
>> mailing list in MLM, it won't be categorized as Junk.
> 
> I have a counterexample. Not long ago I received a perfectly normal message
> from my sister, who is most definitely in my contacts list, and yet it got
> marked as spam. Go figure.

And I'm pretty sure that a message from a domain name I've excluded was sent
to my junk mail folder.  Next time I'll pay closer attention.  I'm glad I'm
not the only one who's puzzled by the JMF's inconsistencies.
 
>> So apparently the word "urgent" alone was enough to kick in the
>> filter?
> 
> I suspect the filter probably works on a scoring system similar to what
> products like Spam Assassin use. Once the message has accumulated enough
> points it gets marked as spam. That would explain why one message got
> through while the "urgent" yet otherwise apparently identical message was
> flagged.

Makes sense, I guess.  Thanks for taking a stab at it.

Beth



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