RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Deleting emails based solely on Sniffer?

2005-04-14 Thread Don Schreiner
If you delete, you should delete based on achieving a minimum weight accumulated. Sniffer on occasion may detect something as a false positive. For example, it may misinterpret a legitimate e-mail as Spam with an attachment based on conversion of the attachment to characters and a series

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Deleting emails based solely on Sniffer?

2005-04-14 Thread Nick
On 14 Apr 2005 at 8:50, Joey Proulx wrote: Hi Joey, Can someone please explain to me why, if an email is flagged as spam by Sniffer, I shouldn't just delete it outright? Are there instances where Sniffer is wrong? Or is this the way you all use it already? Well from my perspective the beauty

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Deleting emails based solely on Sniffer?

2005-04-14 Thread Bill Landry
- Original Message - From: Joey Proulx [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can someone please explain to me why, if an email is flagged as spam by Sniffer, I shouldn't just delete it outright? Are there instances where Sniffer is wrong? Or is this the way you all use it already? Reason I ask is that

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Deleting emails based solely on Sniffer?

2005-04-14 Thread Darrell \([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Joey Proulx writes: Can someone please explain to me why, if an email is flagged as spam by Sniffer, I shouldn't just delete it outright? Are there instances where Sniffer is wrong? Or is this the way you all use it already? A couple of things Sniffer is very effective but not perfect close.

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Deleting emails based solely on Sniffer?

2005-04-14 Thread Pete McNeil
On Thursday, April 14, 2005, 8:50:12 AM, Joey wrote: JP Can someone please explain to me why, if an email is flagged as spam by JP Sniffer, I shouldn't just delete it outright? Are there instances where JP Sniffer is wrong? Or is this the way you all use it already? JP Reason I ask is that I

Re: [Declude.JunkMail] Deleting emails based solely on Sniffer?

2005-04-14 Thread Scott Fisher
I certainly wouldn't change my Sniffer weighting based on a 419 scam. The 419/Lotteries tend to be some of the more difficult spams to catch. Many of them come from legitate mail servers so they won't be on any blacklists and they won't score on technical tests. In your case I'd bet the -5 came