Are Spam Blockers Too Strict?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday May 5, 2006 @07:23AM from the unequivocal-no dept.

Myrte writes "Wired.com has a long piece on whether spam blockers are blocking wanted messages." From the article: "For years, e-mail users complained that torrents of unwanted messages clogged their inboxes and crimped their productivity. Now, e-mail users, marketers and mailing list operators are more worried that spam filters are blocking out too many wanted messages. AOL isn't the only company to face charges that it improperly blocks legitimate messages. But, as the world's largest ISP for years, it has long borne the brunt of complaints from mass e-mailers over the problem."

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I'd like it if my spam filter could "mod up"... by VMaN · 2006-05-05 07:30 · Score: 5, Interesting

I'd like it if my spam filter could "mod up" non english email.

most of my email correspondance isn't in english, while most of my spam is in english... I've instructed my dad to delete ANY mail with an english subject if he doesn't know the sender before opening it, and that seems to work out fine, english is his 3rd/4th language and only has 2 contacts using it. If something is important enough, he'll get at call about it :) (this probably wouldn't fly at work, but for his personal email it's fine)