Comments on: Do Gmail Spam Filters Really Work? http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: k http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-13282 k Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:55:07 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/#comment-13282 @brian: Yes, GMail does false positives. I just sent out email to members of an organization, and it has reportedly been classified as spam. I'm glad it works out for most people, and losing a few emails are perhaps a price you are willing to pay. -k @brian:

Yes, GMail does false positives. I just sent out email to members of an organization, and it has reportedly been classified as spam.

I’m glad it works out for most people, and losing a few emails are perhaps a price you are willing to pay.

-k

]]> By: Jon http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-9656 Jon Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:29:06 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/#comment-9656 GMail is actually too efficient at catching spam. I just missed the display of an apartment because the rescheduling of the display was sent by email and ended up in spam, which I don't check because I trust the spam filter of GMail so much. Now I don't know how many other important mails I have missed just because I trusted that filter. The bad thing is, I get so much spam in the spam folder, that I can't really keep checking it. If you forget to check it one day, it's filled up by so much you lose overview, and also it takes up a lot of time to check everything. Kind of kills the real purpose of a spam filter. GMail is actually too efficient at catching spam. I just missed the display of an apartment because the rescheduling of the display was sent by email and ended up in spam, which I don’t check because I trust the spam filter of GMail so much. Now I don’t know how many other important mails I have missed just because I trusted that filter. The bad thing is, I get so much spam in the spam folder, that I can’t really keep checking it. If you forget to check it one day, it’s filled up by so much you lose overview, and also it takes up a lot of time to check everything. Kind of kills the real purpose of a spam filter.

]]> By: brian http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-8091 brian Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:51:35 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/#comment-8091 does gmail ever get it wrong + put 'good' emails into its spam folder? i often check to see what scams are doing the rounds at http://www.scamemail.co.uk - its surprising how 'real' some of them look, plus its no surprise how crap some of them look too! brian does gmail ever get it wrong + put ‘good’ emails into its spam folder?

i often check to see what scams are doing the rounds at http://www.scamemail.co.uk – its surprising how ‘real’ some of them look, plus its no surprise how crap some of them look too!

brian

]]> By: Spaztick http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 Spaztick Sun, 07 Oct 2007 07:34:34 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/#comment-1846 Enlarge your weight loss morgage! Today at ebayhottiecams.spam! Seriously, GMail is amazing, I haven't had much spam coming in from my hotmail account but then again I don't give out my email address. I have a GMail account but it's filtered every spam message to show up. Enlarge your weight loss morgage! Today at ebayhottiecams.spam!

Seriously, GMail is amazing, I haven’t had much spam coming in from my hotmail account but then again I don’t give out my email address. I have a GMail account but it’s filtered every spam message to show up.

]]> By: capricornus http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/comment-page-1/#comment-1832 capricornus Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:10:43 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/do-gmail-spam-filters-really-work/#comment-1832 I thought the question in the title was cynical. And I was - and am - convinced Gmail's spam-filter really works. It is now said: it works indeed. I combine Gmail via POP3 with Thunderbird, which has its own magnificent filter. The latter never gets to work, because Gmail filters it all. Until now, with 7 accounts, not 1 email was wrongly put away nor let through! That also means I don know anything about emerging marvelous stock opportunities, nor about lengthening my penis or erection-duration-whatever. But I don't mind at all. My pc keeps clear, thanks to Linux/Firefox/NoScript/Gmail/Thunderbird. I thought the question in the title was cynical. And I was – and am – convinced Gmail’s spam-filter really works.
It is now said: it works indeed. I combine Gmail via POP3 with Thunderbird, which has its own magnificent filter. The latter never gets to work, because Gmail filters it all. Until now, with 7 accounts, not 1 email was wrongly put away nor let through! That also means I don know anything about emerging marvelous stock opportunities, nor about lengthening my penis or erection-duration-whatever. But I don’t mind at all. My pc keeps clear, thanks to Linux/Firefox/NoScript/Gmail/Thunderbird.

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