The Apple eNews piece on Mail is about the bundled email app that's included with Mac OS X, which is named, Mail. The new version has sophisticated spam filtering that will work with any and all email providers, not just mac.com. (Mail lets you have as many accounts at a time as you like; I have 5 coming from three different services.)
So, the announcement is totally unrelated to mac.com. On Friday, Aug 09, 2002, at 05:56AM, mart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >A while ago, there was discussion on either the compact or vintage list >about mac,com filtering out normal mail as being spam, without notifying >anybody about it. > >In 'today's issue of Apple eNews', I read: [quote] > >1. Coming Attractions: Mail > >Junk mail. Like the weather, everyone complains about junk mail. > >But we've actually done something about it. > >We've made Mail smart. It learns. Thanks to sophisticated mail >filtering technology--adaptive latent semantic analysis, to be >exact--Mac OS X Mail learns what you consider to be junk email. And >after an initial training period, you can tell Mail what to do >with your junk email. > >Mark it as junk and leave it in your inbox. File it in a folder. Or >delete it as soon as it's received. > >And that's just one of the many new features that are part of the >improved Mail program coming your way in Jaguar, Mac OS X v10.2. [end of quote] > >Did they actually improve on their procedures, or is this just a blurry >talk about the mentioned practice? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
