Hello Nicholas, On 05/01/2010, at 7:10 PM, Nicholas Pyers wrote:
> On 05/01/2010, at 9:40 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> Why would you need it? Apple Mail has inbuilt Spam / Junk filters. > > Apple's Spam filters actually let a LOT of spam through and falsely flag > legitimate mail as junk :( > It relies too heavily on your own manually maintained Address Book... If > someone is IN your Address Book then the mail ISN'T flagged as spam, even if > it obviously is spam :( Mail’s Junk Mail filter continues to learn every time it processes an incoming message—whether or not you manually mark it as Junk (or Not Junk). Correct it's mistakes, and it learns! The more diligent you are in training the filter, the more accurate it becomes. I have not had Spam in my Inbox for a very long time, it all goes in my Junk Mailbox. I do still check the "Junk" Mailbox before I empty it, just to be sure. > > Personally, with over 400 emails a day coming, I prefer using ISP based spam > filters, but if that isn't available, then SpamSieve seems to the recommended > tool Mail can also check special headers inserted by a spam filter running on your ISP’s mail server. Many ISPs use server-based spam filters such as SpamAssassin or Brightmail. If such a filter identifies a message as potential spam, it tags it by adding a special header to the message, such as X-Spam-Flag or Received-SPF; you can see these by choosing View > Message > Long Headers. If a message contains this header, your ISP’s spam filter—which may be more advanced than the one in Mail—suspects the message to be spam. As long as "Trust Junk Mail Headers Set by Your Internet Service Provider" is selected in Junk Mail preferences, Mail marks such messages as Junk Mail. Cheers, Ronni 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
