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Improve junk email filter
The junk email filter, even when set to Low, filters out messages that are
legimately to me, from: * my wife * individual people who want to contact me * business partners * mail from New Scientist magazine about my subscription * mail from non-profit organizations I belong to * mail from the Democratic Party Whatever the algorithm is that's being used for the Low setting, it's not (as advertised) "removing only the most obvious spam". Now I have to check my junk email folder repeatedly to make sure important mail isn't being junked there. That kind of defeats the purpose of having a junk mail folder. |
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On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 16:59:02 -0800, Gordon_Hogenson wrote:
The junk email filter, even when set to Low, filters out messages that are legimately to me, from: * my wife * individual people who want to contact me * business partners * mail from New Scientist magazine about my subscription * mail from non-profit organizations I belong to * mail from the Democratic Party Whatever the algorithm is that's being used for the Low setting, it's not (as advertised) "removing only the most obvious spam". Now I have to check my junk email folder repeatedly to make sure important mail isn't being junked there. That kind of defeats the purpose of having a junk mail folder. Regardless of the anti-spam product, you should always check your junk mail folder for legitimate messages - mistakes can and do happen. In my (personal) opinion, the idea of the junk mail filter is to let me see my incoming messages relatively free of spam, but I always go to the junk folder later (when I have time) and make sure nothing got swept up. As you find valid mail in the junk folder, right-click on it and select "Not Junk", which will "train" the filter to not put mail from that address in the junk folder. -- Jeff Stephenson Outlook Development This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights |
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