SpamNet annoyances
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After being recommended so highly by so many CPians I installed SpamNet about a month ago and have had it running ever since. Overall it has been quote effective and removes about 90% of the limited number of spam messages I get daily. However, every single newsletter I have subscribed to is also being moved to my Spam folder. I immeadiately "unblock" these messages and re-file them accordingly, but the next time I get one the same thing happens. The next step was obviously to add these addresses to my "whitelist" to be ignored by the software. Unfortunately some of them are sent using randomised e-mail addresses (presumably to get through filters that incorrectly classify them as spam), so I still have half a dozen or so subscribed newsletters that are constantly being moved as spam. :( How do I get around this? I prefered it when I could just delete the spam as and when it arrived, not having to constantly review it to make sure it really is spam. And also, why is it being detected as spam? I don't have my "confidence level" enabled so it shouldn't be trying to work them out on it's own, so surely that must mean that other subscribers to these newsletters are actively and continually marking them as spam themselves? :~ And if so, why? We are talking easily identifiable messages here from companies like Intel, Haburi, the NSPCC, and Discreet/Autodesk, with "non spammy" subject lines and all with clearly visible unsubscription details. Tell me I am missing something obvious! :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Save a tapestry, eat a cat
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After being recommended so highly by so many CPians I installed SpamNet about a month ago and have had it running ever since. Overall it has been quote effective and removes about 90% of the limited number of spam messages I get daily. However, every single newsletter I have subscribed to is also being moved to my Spam folder. I immeadiately "unblock" these messages and re-file them accordingly, but the next time I get one the same thing happens. The next step was obviously to add these addresses to my "whitelist" to be ignored by the software. Unfortunately some of them are sent using randomised e-mail addresses (presumably to get through filters that incorrectly classify them as spam), so I still have half a dozen or so subscribed newsletters that are constantly being moved as spam. :( How do I get around this? I prefered it when I could just delete the spam as and when it arrived, not having to constantly review it to make sure it really is spam. And also, why is it being detected as spam? I don't have my "confidence level" enabled so it shouldn't be trying to work them out on it's own, so surely that must mean that other subscribers to these newsletters are actively and continually marking them as spam themselves? :~ And if so, why? We are talking easily identifiable messages here from companies like Intel, Haburi, the NSPCC, and Discreet/Autodesk, with "non spammy" subject lines and all with clearly visible unsubscription details. Tell me I am missing something obvious! :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Save a tapestry, eat a cat
I don't know, I never had any problem with spamnet. The only one I have is spamnet network being unavailable from time to time. IMHO I don't have any problems because: 1. I have a rule that moves all my newsletters for specific folders. Rules run BEFORE spamnet. 2. I think the users of the newsletters I signed up have a greater IQ or do not use spamnet. My latest articles: XOR tricks for RAID data protection Win32 process suspend/resume tool
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After being recommended so highly by so many CPians I installed SpamNet about a month ago and have had it running ever since. Overall it has been quote effective and removes about 90% of the limited number of spam messages I get daily. However, every single newsletter I have subscribed to is also being moved to my Spam folder. I immeadiately "unblock" these messages and re-file them accordingly, but the next time I get one the same thing happens. The next step was obviously to add these addresses to my "whitelist" to be ignored by the software. Unfortunately some of them are sent using randomised e-mail addresses (presumably to get through filters that incorrectly classify them as spam), so I still have half a dozen or so subscribed newsletters that are constantly being moved as spam. :( How do I get around this? I prefered it when I could just delete the spam as and when it arrived, not having to constantly review it to make sure it really is spam. And also, why is it being detected as spam? I don't have my "confidence level" enabled so it shouldn't be trying to work them out on it's own, so surely that must mean that other subscribers to these newsletters are actively and continually marking them as spam themselves? :~ And if so, why? We are talking easily identifiable messages here from companies like Intel, Haburi, the NSPCC, and Discreet/Autodesk, with "non spammy" subject lines and all with clearly visible unsubscription details. Tell me I am missing something obvious! :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Save a tapestry, eat a cat
It's because many people (incorrectly) mark *any* message that isn't a personal message as spam. There's a brewing war out there as to what spam is. Some people think that any message that isn't personal is spam, even if it's from a company that the person opt-ed in to their mailing list. (And, jeez, it's easy to get off the opt-in lists too) So, ppl are just getting lazy. At least it's easy to look thru the spam for stuff you want, with it all in one place. :P Jim Wuerch www.miwasoft.com Quote from my readme files: "This is BETA software, and as such may completely destroy your computer, change the alignment of the planets and invert the structure of the universe."
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After being recommended so highly by so many CPians I installed SpamNet about a month ago and have had it running ever since. Overall it has been quote effective and removes about 90% of the limited number of spam messages I get daily. However, every single newsletter I have subscribed to is also being moved to my Spam folder. I immeadiately "unblock" these messages and re-file them accordingly, but the next time I get one the same thing happens. The next step was obviously to add these addresses to my "whitelist" to be ignored by the software. Unfortunately some of them are sent using randomised e-mail addresses (presumably to get through filters that incorrectly classify them as spam), so I still have half a dozen or so subscribed newsletters that are constantly being moved as spam. :( How do I get around this? I prefered it when I could just delete the spam as and when it arrived, not having to constantly review it to make sure it really is spam. And also, why is it being detected as spam? I don't have my "confidence level" enabled so it shouldn't be trying to work them out on it's own, so surely that must mean that other subscribers to these newsletters are actively and continually marking them as spam themselves? :~ And if so, why? We are talking easily identifiable messages here from companies like Intel, Haburi, the NSPCC, and Discreet/Autodesk, with "non spammy" subject lines and all with clearly visible unsubscription details. Tell me I am missing something obvious! :-O
David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk
Save a tapestry, eat a cat
Speaking of spam, I very rarely get it (except with hotmail), but recently one of my e-mail accounts is getting knobbled with the Klez worm left right and center. Probably getting 20 copies a day, sending Norton Antivirus bonkers. It seems like such a terrible waste of bandwith.