E-mail Spam

[Musicman]

Originally Posted by Toto

VM for ex ntlworld addresses uses the Brightmail spam filter system. It learns new spam attacks and then adds the appropriate rules to block them.

It is not unusual therefore for some spam to get through from time to time.

Well it must of forgotten about old methods then.

I have downloaded SpamFighter, and it recognises about 95% of the mails as spam correctly!!

[Prestonian]

[QUOTE=Musicman;34451867]Has anyone noticed an increase in the number of spam e-mails they are getting through recently, which are not marked as spam.

I have had numerous offers for didgy watches, tablets etc, which only started earlier this week.

I joined with Blueyonder and after a good quiet spell over the Autumn, I too am now getting several a day, typically for expensive watches, jewellery or for dodgy tablets/chemicals. Admittedly I was on the lowest of the three filter settings, but have changed it up to the middle one and yet they are still coming through regularly. Am reluctant to go up to the highest setting in case it stops genuine emails.

[Toto]

Originally Posted by Musicman

Well it must of forgotten about old methods then.

I have downloaded SpamFighter, and it recognises about 95% of the mails as spam correctly!!

I didn't say it was perfect.

I get the Brightmail system to move emails it marks as spam to a "Spam" folder, and over the last 7 days it has correctly identified 245 spam emails and let 3 through that my Thunderbird email client picked up.

Nope, its not perfect.

[shibby]

All of a sudden. I am getting 40 odd emails of spam every day now.
It's only happend for a few weeks now. I never had spam for years on this account.

[Mick Fisher]

Originally Posted by shibby

All of a sudden. I am getting 40 odd emails of spam every day now.
It's only happend for a few weeks now. I never had spam for years on this account.

Have a look at your spam settings in the web mail interface. Maybe something got changed ??