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| Guest | spam filter Hi does anyone know which company MS is using for the spam filter in WLM? I'm in the process of comparing it to the one my ISP has just switched to (Postini) So far, the WLM filter actually identifies more spam than Postini, but Postini seems to spot messages that spoof my own email address, whereas WLM never does. BUT WLM has given a false positive or two, doing so a bit too often to just let it delete spam automatically. When i used to use Outlook Express, I paid for the use of Cloudmark - and that was wonderful, never had false positives in a lengthy test, and so could just let it delete. But it doesn't work with WLM. Thanks |
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| Guest | Re: spam filter You may have to remove your name and email address from the list of contacts, because WLM tends to trust mail from contacts. You can change that option here: Tools, Safety Options, Safe Senders. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail) "JIP" <fred@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u1qR12$lIHA.2328@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: spam filter Their own SmartScreen, the same as in Outlook. http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/safe...default.mspx#2 [You may find that the bookmark ("#2") doesn't work in that link; WLMail doesn't like "#" in URLs. Just scroll down to Microsoft SmartScreen.] -- Noel "JIP" <fred@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u1qR12$lIHA.2328@xxxxxx
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| Guest | Re: spam filter "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:EAF2E2AA-A675-4707-9235-0411901B1060@xxxxxx
deleting emails that it is sure is spam - but doesn't offer any way for me to vet this. Am I right? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: spam filter "JIP" <fred@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:estUo5CmIHA.4196@xxxxxx
Depends...on the accounts in use in WLM... i.e... Only if surpassing an SCL threshold **and** only for hotmail accounts which are filtered prior to WLM junk mail filter having a go at them locally. -- ...winston MS-MVP Windows Live Mail | ||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: spam filter "JIP" <fred@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:estUo5CmIHA.4196@xxxxxx
junk filter in WLMail doesn't delete anything, unless you have "Permanently delete suspected junk mail..." selected at Tools > Safety options > Options. Suspected junk gets moved to a Junk e-mail folder. Hotmail-type accounts also have junk filtering, as do many others, and these will all need configuring at the other end to avoid loss of legitimate messages. -- Noel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: spam filter "Ildhund" <jnllb@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:4427DAEE-82F2-4C08-9E36-3F32924A6463@xxxxxx
level and deletes known spam before sending remaining mail on to the user's mailbox on the server. This would happen before any user-selected spam rules operate. -- Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP (WLMail) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: spam filter "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u8xSGtNmIHA.5660@xxxxxx
I'd like to be able to watch for a while to make sure no false positives are creeping through. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Guest | Re: spam filter "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:u8xSGtNmIHA.5660@xxxxxx
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