I am not 100% sure of the SPAM filters currently used by Westnet
however I am fairly sure that they are the same appliances that are
used by iiNet. These devices barely even utilize baysian filters but
use a global network of probes to monitor email traffic patterns and
can block connections before they even get to the email servers based
on the IP address the connection is being created from. They cost
hundreds of thousands of dollars and have a false positive rate of
under 1 in 1 million emails.
Based on this information I would recommend changing the delivery
options in your account tools to delete the spam emails before they
even get to your inbox, that way you aren't paying for spammers to
use your bandwidth. I have been doing this for roughly a year and I
am yet to find out that I have missed an email. Lets face it, email
is not a reliable enough medium where people are using it to the
point that missing an email would be the end of the world, so even if
you do miss one email in a million chances are it wont matter.
Adam.
On 12/03/2007, at 1:35 PM, Malcolm McCallum wrote:
Hi everyone. I am curious to know if my actions in regard to
Westnet's spam filter is the same as everyone else. When I first
employed the filter I religiously read the 'email' of spams they
sent me but as my recall rate was virtually nil I now delete the
email which shows the spam mail I have received without reading
it. :-( Is this the a common practice?
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