Junk Mail
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I use Windows Live Mail but I've seen this same feature on other mailhandles. When I get the dropdown menu on junk mail there are a number of choices including: Add sender's domain to blocked senders list. Add sender to blocked sender list. Mark as junk. Are any of these any better at blocking out spam that keeps slipping through?
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I use Windows Live Mail but I've seen this same feature on other mailhandles. When I get the dropdown menu on junk mail there are a number of choices including: Add sender's domain to blocked senders list. Add sender to blocked sender list. Mark as junk. Are any of these any better at blocking out spam that keeps slipping through?
I hear the logout option works best at reducing your junk-mail.
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I use Windows Live Mail but I've seen this same feature on other mailhandles. When I get the dropdown menu on junk mail there are a number of choices including: Add sender's domain to blocked senders list. Add sender to blocked sender list. Mark as junk. Are any of these any better at blocking out spam that keeps slipping through?
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I hear the logout option works best at reducing your junk-mail.
Nice one, round of applause! You’re so helpful!
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Tipton Tyler wrote:
Add sender's domain to blocked senders list.
Should work the best because it will get anything from that same domain.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
It will particularly well if the sender's domain is gmail.com, yahoo.com, veriszon.net, etc. ! ! !
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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It will particularly well if the sender's domain is gmail.com, yahoo.com, veriszon.net, etc. ! ! !
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos wrote:
It will particularly well if the sender's domain is gmail.com, yahoo.com, veriszon.net, etc. ! ! !
Indeed. I was counting on OP having some common sense. :-\
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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W∴ Balboos wrote:
It will particularly well if the sender's domain is gmail.com, yahoo.com, veriszon.net, etc. ! ! !
Indeed. I was counting on OP having some common sense. :-\
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
RyanDev wrote:
counting on OP having some common sense
Indeed, thou doth thread on thin ice, indeed! I've not assumed a 'user' of any of my applications had common sense since I was (literally and in all seriousness!) asked where the Anykey was. Over the decades they've never ceased to disappointment me - I just have gotten better at outsmarting the less persistent ones.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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I use Windows Live Mail but I've seen this same feature on other mailhandles. When I get the dropdown menu on junk mail there are a number of choices including: Add sender's domain to blocked senders list. Add sender to blocked sender list. Mark as junk. Are any of these any better at blocking out spam that keeps slipping through?
The reason spam slips through is that it is constantly changing exactly the kind of things that these kinds of filters are picking up. So no, in the long run, nothing will ever work to eliminate all spam all the time. And, as others have pointed out you do need to be cautious about excluding too wide a range of mail lest you inadvertently cut off genuine messages.
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The reason spam slips through is that it is constantly changing exactly the kind of things that these kinds of filters are picking up. So no, in the long run, nothing will ever work to eliminate all spam all the time. And, as others have pointed out you do need to be cautious about excluding too wide a range of mail lest you inadvertently cut off genuine messages.
Yea, I do have to glance through the list each time to make sure nothing important has slipped through but I am rather surprised how well these things work. I guess what I really wonder about is why are there 3 filters and what's the difference between them. For instance I kind got the impression that if I choose "Mark as Junk" any time a subject heading came up with the same words (as Dr. Oz Add 6 inches) it would throw it into the junk mail folder despite the sender's name or domain. I don't know if that's true, however. And then there's the ones loaded with all the special character junk in the subject line.
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Yea, I do have to glance through the list each time to make sure nothing important has slipped through but I am rather surprised how well these things work. I guess what I really wonder about is why are there 3 filters and what's the difference between them. For instance I kind got the impression that if I choose "Mark as Junk" any time a subject heading came up with the same words (as Dr. Oz Add 6 inches) it would throw it into the junk mail folder despite the sender's name or domain. I don't know if that's true, however. And then there's the ones loaded with all the special character junk in the subject line.
I don't know the ins and outs of the MS filter but if it's anything like Google's 'Mark As Junk' adds to the database of things that have been considered spam with a view to improving the filter for everyone. The best systems of this kind include the actual content of the email as well as the headings, searching for stock phrases or repeated themes, and will also consider whether the email is directly addressed to you, whether it mentions people on your contact list or is sent from them and so on. The domain exclusions are much less sophisticated but occasionally useful if there are specific senders who are persistently evading the general filters. It is however a bit of a hammer to crack a nut so best used sparingly if at all.
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I use Windows Live Mail but I've seen this same feature on other mailhandles. When I get the dropdown menu on junk mail there are a number of choices including: Add sender's domain to blocked senders list. Add sender to blocked sender list. Mark as junk. Are any of these any better at blocking out spam that keeps slipping through?