[mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Gil Bahat
Hi, Carefully observing our FBL complaints one by one, I see a disturbing phenomena: users marking swaths of email, sometimes received over a month ago as spam, accounting for a significant volume of complaints. I have good reason to believe this does not represent actual spam reporting, but rath

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 9/24/15 8:04 AM, Gil Bahat wrote: Hi, Carefully observing our FBL complaints one by one, I see a disturbing phenomena: users marking swaths of email, sometimes received over a month ago as spam, accounting for a significant volume of complaints. I see a lot of this with AOL's FBL, very litt

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Dave Warren
On 2015-09-24 11:07, Jay Hennigan wrote: I see a lot of this with AOL's FBL, very little with others. This may be due to the wording or layout of their GUI, perhaps the "Spam" and "Delete" buttons are close together or similar in appearance. These are typically timely, but occasionally long-del

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Gil Bahat
Responses Inline On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Jay Hennigan wrote: > On 9/24/15 8:04 AM, Gil Bahat wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Carefully observing our FBL complaints one by one, I see a disturbing >> phenomena: users marking swaths of email, sometimes received over a >> month ago as spam, accountin

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Jay Hennigan
On 9/24/15 11:28 AM, Dave Warren wrote: I'm not sure what Gil is seeing, but I regularly see users reporting user-to-user correspondence and other obviously solicited messages. I get entire discussions about what restaurant, whether to attend a particular seminar, etc, all coming in at once. Y

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread mikea
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 11:28:35AM -0700, Dave Warren wrote: > I'm not sure what Gil is seeing, but I regularly see users reporting > user-to-user correspondence and other obviously solicited messages. I get > entire discussions about what restaurant, whether to attend a particular > seminar, etc,

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Michael Wise
ting Tool<http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18275> ? From: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] On Behalf Of Gil Bahat Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 8:04 AM To: mailop@mailop.org Subject: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Foster
> > Aloha, > Michael. > -- > Michael J Wise | Microsoft | Spam Analysis | "Your Spam Specimen Has Been > Processed." | Got the Junk Mail Reporting Tool ? > > From: mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...@mailop.org] On Behalf Of Gil Bahat > Sent: Thursday, September

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Michael Wise
ilop.org Subject: Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation One of my email addresses gets what look like legit mailing list emails constantly. I opted into none of them so they all get spam-reported despite valid unsub processes. If the "valid&quo

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Mark Foster
ot the Junk Mail Reporting Tool ? > > From: Mark Foster [mailto:blak...@blakjak.net] > Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2015 12:53 PM > To: Michael Wise > Cc: Gil Bahat ; mailop@mailop.org > Subject: Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / > other mitigatio

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Michael Wise
[mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation Re "waiting" - no problems, I misunderstood. I don't care if your mailing list has valid and working in subscription processes or not - if I didn't opt-in, it is spam and will be reported as such

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Rich Kulawiec
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 06:04:11PM +0300, Gil Bahat wrote: > I have good reason to believe this does not represent actual spam > reporting [...] Of course it doesn't. Users are...well they're not at all competent. Not even remotely close. They routinely mark ordinary mailing list traffic (such a

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Robert Mueller
> Back when I was running the mailfilters for a major state government > agency, I regularly saw users reporting as spam things like: > * Turnpike billing and account balance notices; > * Time-to-renew notices for all manner of different licences and > registrations: MDs and DOs, dentists

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-24 Thread Gil Bahat
hael. > > -- > > *Michael J Wise* | Microsoft | Spam Analysis | "Your Spam Specimen Has > Been Processed." | Got the Junk Mail Reporting Tool > <http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18275> ? > > > > *From:* mailop [mailto:mailop-boun...

Re: [mailop] Ex-post-facto spam complaints, a possible UI problem / other mitigation

2015-09-27 Thread Matthias Leisi
> I wonder if anyone has done an actual analysis of what people are > thinking when they do this. Is it an accident? Is it not understanding > what the "Report spam" button means or is for? Impatience and a just > "get these emails out of my sight" type mentality? Just general > confusion? Or jus