Comments on: Is Gmail’s Spam Filtering Failing For You, Too?

By: metta hansen

metta hansen — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:15:27 +0000

Bye. I didn't already said that. Fed up with profanity.

By: metta hansen

metta hansen — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:13:13 +0000

I'm outta here. I got jumped to another page before I finished my last post. Bye.

By: metta hansen

metta hansen — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:10:13 +0000

I did. Got one spam in a month in one, 2 in the other. It's building but still not insane. As for gmail, I spend up to 4 hours at a time trying to delete it all without deleting something important. It comes in faster than I can delete it, as I intended to drop gmail as soon as I got what I needed. I have been working on that for months. With minor progress. But I have other things to do. And cut the profanity. All it does is discredit you. I don't take anyone seriously who needs to use profanity to prove a point.

By: myinternetblog

myinternetblog — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:33:29 +0000

So is there a solution to the spam madness and gmail

By: dg

dg — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:30:07 +0000

Yes, but have you never received an email from an email address you recognize as a friend only to find that it’s some spamming message?

Email address hijacking is not uncommon, so simply trusting any email from an address in your contact list by itself is not a sufficient approach.

By: Seth Wisely

Seth Wisely — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:55:51 +0000

^^ gmail filtering is pathetilame. We need be able to search

any header (contents)

any header (exists)

wildcards

By: Seth Wisely

Seth Wisely — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:54:07 +0000

^ TDMA for gmail would be wildly entertaining

By: Seth Wisely

Seth Wisely — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:53:25 +0000

gmail needs a few antispam labs choices.

A user controlled SpamAssassin lab for gmail would be sublime.

Also allow user controlled filters for MTA rejection.

Lastly add to gmail filer actioins “mark as spam”.

By: Popo

Popo — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:28:49 +0000

We need permission based emailing.

ie: The first time someone emails you they receive a link to a form. On that form they fill out their identification and a captcha and *request* access to your inbox.

After that they are allowed to email you.

You only receive requests for access from people who go to the page and fill out the form. This is a huge roadblock for spammers.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:16:12 +0000

I too am fed up with all the profanity on the web. Why not use it as a place to practice manners? Furthermore, when I am told I’m getting the best spam filter, then I expect the best spam filter. Free or not, I pay because I can’t get any work done, and can’t find important emails for months. I intend to try another email service. But months of deleting hasn’t enabled me to clear out the gmail account. The problem is too big.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:10:04 +0000

So 7000 spams & 2-300 pieces of junk in my inbox in 4 days is standard? I wonder how many I’d get without a spam filter. Darn right, it’s not perfect, but this is ridiculous.

I don’t think we’re jackasses.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:06:27 +0000

Spammers probably won’t be deterred by micropayments. Home users will suffer 2 indignations instead of one.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:03:45 +0000

Yup. Not my favorite idea. I have 2 other email accounts. In several months, I got I spam in one acct, and two in the other. (But that one has been discovered so now I’m getting some junk.) Hopefully I can nip it in the bud.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:00:44 +0000

No I am not forwarding any email domains into my gmail account.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:58:26 +0000

I don’t have a website either. But I get bombarded with spam. I think I have it down to maybe 6-800 spams a day, and 200+ pieces of junk in my inbox. Still a huge timewaster. I get little done spending my online time deleting and hunting through it all for something I want. I just learned this week that my aunt has been emailing me since May. I looked for her emails every time I go online and didn’t see them. What’s really sad is that she is blaming me, and has stopped communicating. Please, gmail, do something fast.

By: Metta Hansen

Metta Hansen — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:53:04 +0000

To pay for each email is basically punishing the victim. Why should I have to pay for the unscrupulous acts of others? I think it’s payment enough that I spend 3-4 hours twice a week deleting, have been doing it for months, but just can’t keep up.