Re: OT: GMail and Spam

From: Skylon (skylon_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/21/05 

Date: 21 Mar 2005 08:28:22 -0800

Craig Fink wrote:
> I just started using a GMail account recently. So far Google's spam
filter
> hasn't missed a piece of spam yet, but I really haven't had much. I
> was wondering how GMail's spam filter is working for others who use
> GMail, Usenet and include their "correct" e-mail address.
>
> Is Google's GMail spam filter catching all the spam generated by
Usenet?
>
> Good, Bad, Indifferent?
>
> So far, so good, for me,
>
> Craig Fink
> WeBeGood@GMail.Com

Usenet I haven't been looking much, but based on a quick look, it seems
okay. Not as good as the e-mail which has, in two months had been
catching every bit of spam except one piece that slipped through last
week.

Pretty good track record IMHO.

-A.L.

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