Re: [Gmail-Users] spam in inbox

2016-04-02 Thread Andy
On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 1:00 AM, Christine Skarbek wrote: > repeatedly, i have received some vicious looking emails from > dnjvan...@aol.com and have marked every one of them as spam and deleted > them as spam in the spam box. yet, i keep getting dnjvan...@aol.com > emails in

Re: [Gmail-Users] spam in inbox

2016-04-02 Thread Sean Murphy
You kinda have to. No filter is perfect! On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Kenneth Ayers wrote: > ​ > And I too browse there occasionally for false positives. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To

Re: [Gmail-Users] spam in inbox

2016-04-02 Thread Kenneth Ayers
Sean, I agree. I leave the contents of the spam label alone. Those emails are deleted after 30 days anyway. And I too browse there occasionally for false positives. Kenneth On Apr 2, 2016 1:06 PM, "Sean Murphy" wrote: > I have seen speculation that if you immediately

Re: [Gmail-Users] spam in inbox

2016-04-02 Thread Kenneth Ayers
[image: Mic Drop] On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Kenneth Ayers wrote: > Christine, > > When you next receive an email from this sender, click the little down > arrow in the upper right corner of the message and select the Block > option. This will effectively create a

Re: [Gmail-Users] spam in inbox

2016-04-02 Thread Kenneth Ayers
Christine, When you next receive an email from this sender, click the little down arrow in the upper right corner of the message and select the Block option. This will effectively create a filter which sends all future emails from that address into your trash. Kenneth On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at

Re: [Gmail-Users] spam in inbox

2016-04-02 Thread Sean Murphy
I have seen speculation that if you immediately delete messages labeled as spam, the filters may not be able to learn it properly. ever since then, I never delete anything with the spam label. When I check mail marked as spam for false positives, I just mark as read everything I have checked.