"Simen Kjaeraas" <simen.kja...@gmail.com> wrote in message news:op.uun3kgep1hx...@biotronic-pc.osir.hihm.no... > Nick Sabalausky <a...@a.a> wrote: > >> "Manfred Nowak" <svv1...@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:xns9c197a654df6dsvv1999hotmail...@65.204.18.192... >>> At least a quarter of the last postings here do not follow the usenet >>> convention of proper identifying the author---which is the full name of >>> the author and a valid email adress of the author. >> >> Are you kidding me? There isn't a chance in hell I'd put a valid email >> address for myself on a newsgroup posting. "Hey bots! Please spam me!". > > I'm doing it. Mostly 'cause of gmail's filter being good. I think two > spam messages have made it past it since I got the account, some 4 years > ago. 'course, if you got a crappy mail provider, it might not be as good > an idea. >
I've tried a number of filters over the years, even popular and highly-respected ones, but never found one that didn't give me both false-positives and false-negatives. The way I do things now, despite having no filters, I also have no spam at all and (naturally) no valid messages accidentally being rejected. So I see the filters as little more than clumbsy bandage-appoach.
