On 7/6/07, Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am still ignorant of what actually *happens* (or ought to happen)
when I send tick that box, marking messages as spam. Does the software
mark down the IP address of the sending computer? Does it mark the
words in the subject title for future reference? What else is it
supposed to do? And if it does do all that, why do I still get spam
from the same sources again?
I am asking so that, if it's in vain, I need not bother being
public-spirited, I can just delete all crapola....
It depends. It should be used as input into their collaborative and/or
bayesian filter sets. This will mean that any other messages similar
to it will be more likely to also be marked as spam. Depending on how
they implement things, "similar" may take into account things like the
sender, the sender's domain, the sender's ip address, servers the mail
went through, as well as more obvious things like words in the subject
and body text.
-- Charles
