On Fri, 07 Oct 2005 21:29, yuri wrote: > On 05/10/05, Derek Smithies wrote: > > On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, Nick Rout wrote: > > > the real problem IMHO is ISP's filtering mail instead of passing it on. > > > It is CPU intensive, you only have to look at the RECEIVED headers of > > > some messages to see how long they spend in spamfilter.$ISP.com > > > > > > Make the end user filter their own spam, at least then the processing > > > is distributed, ie my cpu filters my mail rather than forcing ot > > > through a bottleneck at $ISP. > > > > Holy wars here. > > I will define the word spam to include the virus ridden emails which have > > the 50K attachments. > > > > If the isp chooses to provide an additional service, and charge for it, > > then all power to them. We do live in a free world. > > <Hat type="faithful TelstraClear employee"> > Paradise and clear.net don't even charge for this service -- and > customers can turn it on or off on a per mailboc basis. > It was introduced due to customer demand. > </Hat>
Would it be possible to train the spam filter to be more consistent and discerning? I _don't_ have _any_ relationship with Our Fraudulent Friends At %ONLINE_FINANCIAL_INSTITUTION%, and I send those emails to SPAMFOLDER as soon as I see them when I'm in WebMail. And every time I _don't_ go into WebMail prior to downloading my email, I get on average about two or three per day from Our Fraudulent Friends At %ONLINE_FINANCIAL_INSTITUTION%. So all my efforts to train the Blessed Thing have been intravenous - "in vein" if my punning is pundamentally misunderstood. Even worse is the few genuine emails from people I know overseas that get shoved into SPAMFOLDER. It's just not good enough. Wesley Parish > > > Further, the ISP is in a good position to determine the spam from the non > > spam - they have access to a large body of email. > > Yuri > -- > ** WARNING to mailing list repliers ** > Gmail over-rides "Reply-To:" field. Check your "To:" address before > sending reply to this post. -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
