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Gmail spam filter shifts to overdrive?
Starting about monday, the 150 or so spam messages I get each day has been paired down to about 30. This is gmail.
I didn't change any settings. Is this just me or is everyone experiencing the same? and what caused it? Not that I'm complaining....
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07-24-2008, 07:22 AM
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I have always used gmail to filter my accounts. For years I receive virtually no spam. 2-3 a day and hitting the Report Spam button usually eliminates them within a day. When I check the accounts that gmail is filtering there is a ton of spam there.
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07-24-2008, 07:39 AM
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Mine went the other way: I used to get maybe one spam per month, now I'm getting 5-10 per day.
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07-24-2008, 07:44 AM
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+1 - All of a sudden, every Nigerian scammer has been sending me offers. Someone must have sold them my e-mail address.
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07-24-2008, 07:59 AM
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I'm talking about the gmail spam folder. Gmail has always done a good job of sending the junk to the spam folder, it's just that now the volume landing in the spam folder is WAY down.
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07-24-2008, 08:06 AM
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Trouble with spam filters for a business is you don't know if a customer might be filtered out depending on how they mail you. With the word "windowman" in my addy, I suspect getting trashed now and then before the intended recipient sees it. |
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07-24-2008, 08:18 AM
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Milt you are exactly right.
I always view my spam folder to make sure legite messages are getting sent there. Gmail spam filter does a great job. Good messages get sent to spam very rarely. But because I rarely find anything in the 150 or so daily spams, I tend to scan it very quickly. Now with about 30 messages, it's a lot easier. My concern is that maybe gmail is simply trashing the other 120 or so without telling me. And maybe filtering legit messages.
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07-24-2008, 08:31 AM
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I get zero spam with my gmail account. Very happy.
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07-24-2008, 09:58 AM
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They probably use black lists so they are blocking hundreds of spams.
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Just this week I had a customer call and wonder why I haven't responded to his emails. Of course I said I never received any, looked in gmail spam folder and there they were. I have been getting emails from the same client via gmail for months, then all of a sudden they were labeled spam.
Something had to change.
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07-24-2008, 12:38 PM
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Gmail's spam filter is awesome.
For an example of a horrible one, use hotmail for a while. It'll make you appreciate whatever Google is doing.
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