[Hidden-tech] So much junk mail!

[Jan Werner]

Linus Torvalds uses Gmail to coordinate the Linux kernel contributors, 
in part because of its promise of accurate SPAM filtering.

A few days ago, he wrote on Google+ that the false positive rate for 
Gmail's SPAM filtering had shot up to about 20%, making it almost 
useless for him or anyone else needing to filter a lot of email.

You can read his full post (warning: salty language) at:

https://plus.google.com/+LinusTorvalds/posts/DiG9qANf5PA

I'm also more worried about false positives than the software missing 
SPAM. I use MailWasher Pro (Windows only) to filter what gets past the 
marginally useful SpamAssassin provided on my hosting server. MW Pro has 
a very flexible rule mechanism in addition to Bayesian learning, but the 
most important thing for me is a visual display that makes it easy to 
spot misclassified messages.  Trust but verify!


Jan Werner
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Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com wrote:
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> Another alternative in this war on SPAM is to use Gmail.  They have the
> best spam filtering there is.
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> So you could use a personal or business Gmail account for your email to
> go thru.
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> For a free, personal account... you would authorize it to send emails in
> the name of your existing email address.  (So you can use gmail to send
> emails that appear to be from 'myname at mydomain.com
> <mailto:myname at mydomain.com>') and you set your emails to be
> automatically forwarded to the gmail address (you do this in your web
> host's email settings).
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> If you go with a google business account, you can have all your domain's
> email directed to the gmail business email server and they truly handle
> your business email services (for a fee, of course).
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> /Chris Hart/
> ///Computer Support & Technology Consulting/
> /        for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts/
> /            Tel: 860-291-9393/
> /chris at chrishart.net <mailto:chris at chrishart.net>/
> /http://www.MyMacTech.com/
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> On Jul 20, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech.com
> <http://MyMacTech.com> <chris at chrishart.net
> <mailto:chris at chrishart.net>> wrote:
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>> If you were to be using (or switch to) an IMAP configuration (in Apple
>> Mail on your Mac and on your iPhone), and keep your Mac awake (and
>> Mail open), spam sieve will be effective on your phone, too :)
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>> http://c-command.com/spamsieve/help/iphone-spam-filtering
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>> /Chris Hart/
>> ///Computer Support & Technology Consulting/
>> /        for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts/
>> /            Tel: 860-291-9393/
>> /chris at chrishart.net <mailto:chris at chrishart.net>/
>> /http://www.MyMacTech.com <http://www.mymactech.com/>/
>> //
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>> On Jul 19, 2015, at 9:28 AM, Annamarie Pluhar
>> <annamarie at pluharconsulting.com
>> <mailto:annamarie at pluharconsulting.com>> wrote:
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>>> Thanks for this. Recently I was without computer but on iPhone only for
>>> a week and was appalled by all the spam I get (SpamSieve deleting it on
>>> my computer.) We'll see how the settings my web hosting changes things.
>>>
>>>
>>> Annamarie Pluhar
>>>
>>> Pluhar Consulting
>>> http://www.pluharconsulting.com <http://www.pluharconsulting.com/>
>>> 802.451.1941
>>> 802.579.5975 (cell)
>>>
>>> On 17 Jul 2015, at 15:51, Chris Hart wrote:
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>>>> I don't remember if you received useful responses, or not, Christine.
>>>>
>>>> For some reason I didn't see your posting until now, so I thought I'd
>>>> respond...
>>>>
>>>> One thing you could do is look at the spam settings in your web
>>>> hosting interface.  Many web hosts have spam filter adjustments, that
>>>> you can increase/decrease to customize the percentage of junk/real
>>>> mail you get.  Many web hosts use spam assassin which has a default
>>>> setting of 5.  I would suggest lowering it to 3 (which
>>>> counterintuitively is more aggressive).
>>>>
>>>> If you find that's not effective enough, you could talk to your web
>>>> host about a premium anti-spam solution (that you would have to pay
>>>> them an additional fee for).
>>>>
>>>> Lastly, you could use SpamSieve on your Mac....
>>>> http://c-command.com/spamsieve/ <http://c-command.com/spamsieve/>
>>>> Which is very effective and can be trained for the types of junk you
>>>> receive.
>>>>
>>>> Chris Hart
>>>>  Computer Support & Technology Consulting
>>>>     for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts
>>>>         Tel: 860-291-9393
>>>> chris at chrishart.net <mailto:chris at chrishart.net>
>>>> http://www.MyMacTech.com
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>>>>> On Apr 22, 2015, at 2:23 PM, Christine Polaczak
>>>>> <chris at cpdesignworks.com <mailto:chris at cpdesignworks.com>> wrote:
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>>>>> Dear Hidden-Tech gurus,
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>>>>> Just recently, my email Junk folder has become over-filled with
>>>>> unsolicited mail — over 100 each morning and many more throughout
>>>>> the day.
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>>>>> Short of changing my email address, is there a way to stop the flood
>>>>> of junk? I use Mac Mail on a MacBook Pro with iOS Yosemite v 10.10.3.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks on advance for your sage advice.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>>
>>>>> Christine Polaczak
>>>>> chris at cpdesignworks.com <mailto:chris at cpdesignworks.com>
>>>>> <mailto:chris at cpdesignworks.com>
>>>>> 413 539-3582
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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