[ARC5] Mail List "Spam" Filter- Need Guidance.

[Mike Hanz]

The issue was not *receiving* junk or spam mail, Ken.  It was sending a 
reply to the reflector and having the *reflector* label it as junk or 
spam, thus not posting it.  I've experienced that myself, and after 
writing a long post, it is certainly frustrating.  Unfortunately, the 
"dirty word" filter for most ISPs or reflector hosts isn't public.  
Spammers sometimes get around that limitation by putting bogus 
characters in the word, like spelling "radio" like this: "r at d1o"  but 
the reason for a particular word being used to label spammers isn't an 
exact science.  That's all David was trying to discover.  He uses 
Microsoft Windows Mail 6.0, based on a look at his source e-mails.

73,
Mike

On 10/19/2011 9:27 AM, Ken wrote:
> David;
>        What do you use to read  your E-mail?  Are you using Gmail,
> Yahoo?  If your using an E-mail address through your ISP, (POP/SMTP)
> Thunderbird will do everything you are looking for.
>      It has a JUNK mail filter that learns which E-mail address or
> Subject you want to junk.  It has an option to not "JUNK" anyone on your
> address book.   Thunderbird has real good help section on their WEB page.
>
>
> On 10/18/2011 12:33 PM, David Stinson wrote:
>> Can someone point me to a document that outlines
>> how these blasted mail-list "spam" filters work?
>> Several times I've had posts blocked and, since I never
>> get a "blocked because" message, I can't tell what innocent
>> word or phrase set the darned thing off.  I once wasted hours
>> trying to re-write something before discovering the problem.
>> I know we need a spam filter, and replying to spam
>> gets you more spam.  But I need some clues at least, please.
>> Isn't there a "safe senders' list option??
>>
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