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
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
- 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
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.
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
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
