[Boston.pm] anyone with gmail account? Is the spam filter good?

2004-10-12 Thread Ranga Nathan
I am thinking of subscribing to gmail but want to know if the spam filter is effective. Any experiences? __ Ranga Nathan / CSG Systems Programmer - Specialist; Technical Services; BAX Global Inc. Irvine-California Tel: 714-442-7591 Fax: 714-442-2840 _

Re: [Boston.pm] anyone with gmail account? Is the spam filter good?

2004-10-12 Thread Alex Brelsfoard
I have had my gmail account for only a few months. but I have not had ANY spam yet. I have not done much to test it. But one of my friends has been using it longer and for his main email address. He still is raving about it (in a good way). As far as I have heard it's doing a pretty good job.

Re: [Boston.pm] anyone with gmail account? Is the spam filter good?

2004-10-12 Thread Darren Chamberlain
* Alex Brelsfoard [2004/10/12 12:39]: > I have had my gmail account for only a few months. but I have not had > ANY spam yet. I have not done much to test it. I'll second that observation: I have recieved one piece of spam in the last three months of (admittedly light) usage. When I check the

Re: [Boston.pm] anyone with gmail account? Is the spam filter good?

2004-10-12 Thread Drew Taylor
Ranga Nathan wrote: I am thinking of subscribing to gmail but want to know if the spam filter is effective. Any experiences? Very good so far. It's flagged 2 or 3 mailing list posts as spam, but I've never gotten a spam in my inbox or mailing list labels. ++ Drew -- -

Re: [Boston.pm] anyone with gmail account? Is the spam filter good?

2004-10-12 Thread Andrew Medico
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004, Ranga Nathan wrote: > I am thinking of subscribing to gmail but want to know if the spam filter > is effective. > Any experiences? It's been working OK for me - I've gotten less than a dozen spam messages since I opened the account back in April. It's flagged a couple mailing