>I wonder how many valid emails are not getting through because of false-positive results in some spam sensing algorithm.
I have always wondered the same thing since a time when our service provider started using a metric of percentage of messages filtered by the spam filter(s) as an indication of success. When I pointed out the false negatives, and asked about any indication regarding false positives, I got very blank looks and dead air. Even my management didn't understand. This is just as silly as the 'tip' at the top of a lot of IBM e-mails. The one regarding: if you're not receiving this, inform your e-mail provider so they can unblock the sender. Riddle me this: If I am receiving the message, why would I have to talk to anybody? And, if I didn't receive it, what use would the instructions be? - Ted MacNEIL eamacn...@yahoo.ca ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
