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How Good is Gmail's Spam Filter?

Posted by Cliff on from the how-large-are-those-cracks? dept.

juglugs asks: "I've been using Gmail since the first round of invites on Blogger. Tonight I received my very first spam email. It was one of the ones offering me some product (I didn't read it too much) that would increase my manhood. It didn't trouble me too much as I just had to hit the 'Report Spam' button and off it went. But how good is their spam filter? Does anyone else get much spam? Why didn't this get recognized as spam - it had all the usual 'keywords' that you'd normally associate with it."

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  1. Ask Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not Ask Slashdot.

    1. Re:Ask Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      our spam filter is second to none.

      trust us.

      -google

  2. How much personal info on signup? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Perhaps when you signed up you gave something away and the Gmail filter is that smart that it knew to consider penis enlargement emails as legitimate?

  3. Perhaps the problem is... by Fished · · Score: 2, Funny
    Perhaps the problem is what Gmail has seen of your tastes.

    That's sick dude.

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