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E-gift Certificates = Spam?

Posted by timothy on from the another-spam-abcess dept.

vincewazalooski writes "Good read in NY Times Circuits section today about how spam filters at Hotmail, Yahoo, etc. often interpret gift certificates from Amazon et. al. as spam. Worst part is, you might send a gift cert to someone, they never get it and you never know."

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  1. Don't delete spam... by Atzanteol · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is exactly why my spam filters (spamassasin) don't delete my suspected spam, just move them to a separate folder that I check occasionally. You can never be *sure* that your filter(s) are working perfectly.

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  2. Purposeful restriction. by Inoshiro · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I give little Johnny 80$, he might go buy Vice City. If I give little Johnny 80$ at CD Hut, little Johnny can get 80$ of CDs -- no Vice City.

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