[X4U] Make the Junk filter do a better job?

[William Morse]

I use Bluehost as well. I find their built in spam filter is  
excellent- catches 90-95% of the spam, with essentially no false  
positives. I set it to 3.8 (5 is considered "aggressive"). OTOH I  
also have noticed a marked increase in spam the last few weeks. Most  
of it is addressed to one of my addresses, not the generic address  
they used to use. Most of the spam that gets through is from my  
verizon addresses, which are much worse.

I'm very reluctant, given this, to use a challenge/response type of  
anti-spam system for my business.
Bill
On Apr 18, 2008, at 1:46 PM, nk wrote:

>
> On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
>> My experience hasn't been the same.  I've had some clients report  
>> lately that they have abandoned SpamSieve, after several years of  
>> use, because it had become less accurate.  Some of my clients in a  
>> business setting have opted for challenge/response anti-spam  
>> services.
>
>
> My hosting service, Bluehost, suggested a challenge/response type  
> thing, which they provide, but can anyone here talk about how  
> clients feel about stuff like that?
>
> am I understanding correctly that a new emailer (like a potential  
> client) can email you, then have to "prove" their legitimacy by  
> answering a qualifying email?
>
> nk
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