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Originally Posted by nedsram
Possibly. But the point is: how many of these "up to 30M" emails were spam, and how many were genuine - possibly important - emails? And if this spam blocking is so wonderful, why do I still get on average ten spam emails per day?
Spam will not be conquered by using blunt and inappropriate instruments; it will only be blocked by implementing secure, authenticated, email protocols, so that the sender of the spam can be positively identified and prevented from sending any more spam. That is if you can determine what is spam and what is not. I've earlier commented on the increasingly sophisticated methods spammers are using to defeat spam filters. Although why they bother is another question. Some of the contrived spam emails I receive (despite NTL's precautions) are so obviously bogus that nobody in their right mind would respond to them. But sadly, some people are that gullible I guess.
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I don't dissagree with you on this, however as there is no universal approach to a "secure authenticated protocal" system for email, perhaps with the exception of SPF then ntl is doing the best it can from a two pronged approach. Server side blocking from networks with a hightened increase in spam allowance, and a a pretty good scanning system called Brightmail.
There are spam emails getting through yes, but a search on these forums will show how bad ntl's network was before they implemented these systems.
False positives are a way of life, and no network that operates some sort of spam filtering is free from such problems.