[X4U] Re: Spam Filter In Mail

[midiboy at mac.com]

On Aug 30, 2006, at 11:40 PM, B. Kuestner wrote:

(regarding Apple Mail's spam filter)

>
>
>> Everything that comes through my .mac address is filtered almost  
>> perfectly, but almost nothing from my cable company address is  
>> filtered at all.  Any ideas on what I can do?  I am deluged with  
>> stock tips and pharmaceutical ads, etc.
>>
>
> Maybe the cable company already filters the easy to recognize spam  
> directly on their servers and only leaves you with the harder to  
> recognize spam? I know this is the case for one of my mail accounts.
>
> For private e-mail users a simple rule "if not in address book then  
> move to spam folder" often does a job. Works for me. A quick glance  
> usually quickly identifies if an e-mail was incorrectly identified  
> as spam by that e-mail. I add the address to the address book, move  
> it to the inbox, then select all in the spam folder and delete.
>
> Björn
>

This is very good advice. However, this command, which is in my Spam  
rule, somehow stopped working. I have no understanding why....

However another list member, John Erdman,  gave me a great tip:
<junkmatcher.sourceforge.net/Home/>

This works spectacularly well for me right out of the box. I'm  
training it now, but it caught 95% of spam without even configuring  
it. It works with or without Mail's own filter, and it's free  
(although it's so great, I'll send 'em something for sure!

Dave

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