william> In the way you describe it any spam filter is bad any spam william> filter manufacturer should go to jail...
Manufacturer? No. It is perfectly permissible for a recipient to run a filter over his own mail if he wishes. Jail? Not what I said. I said postal workers couldn't get away with this behavior. The laws governing email are different. BUT: They aren't as different as is generally believed. Go read the ECPA sometime. Being legal isn't the same thing as being moral. The world would be a better place if people started worrying about doing what is right rather than only avoiding what will get them in jail. If I seem testy about this it is because I am. A friend of mine with cancer died recently. I learned later she sent me email befoe she died. It did not reach me because some arrogant fool thought he knew better than me what I wanted to read. And it isn't the first time or the only sender with which I have had this problem. I have had plenty of users with the same complaint as well. I have in the past considered this antispam stuff "ill advised" or "something I oppose". Expect me to fight it tooth and nail from now on.