Is more Spam getting through Thunderbirds Junk Filter lately?
Yes, jeffmik, Junk Mail Controls is a Bayesian filter. That page includes a link to an extension that allows you to manage the training data. One thing that happens is that mistakes build up over time, which raises the false positive (where positive = identified as spam) rate. Some folks advocate resetting your controls when this happens. I find JMC adequate, but it’s a basic tool intended to enhance the value of the Thunderbird product. There’s no reason you can’t use a better one. Filters help them make better spam. That’s misstated. Filters force them to make better spam. So do other enforcement and mitigation methods. Incidentally, Thunderbird 1.5 — now in beta — will include a phishing detector and server-side spam filter integration.
I’ve noticed the same thing. To my eye, the junk mail that’s getting through uses three random couplets from poetry or some other source. Such as: Oh, what lies there are in kisses! Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom You can’t truthfully explain your smallest action without fully revealing your character. Do not speak ill of the dead. Doing a thing well is often a waste of time. I assume that if they can keep mixing up those random lines well enough, and the ad part short enough, it may be unlikely to score enough enough for Thunderbird–or perhaps most filters–to catch it.
