[Gllug] Testing spam filter

[John Winters]

Martin A. Brooks wrote:
> t.clarke wrote:
>> "If you don't get any spam, its working....."
>>
>> what about 'false positives' where the filter rejects genuine maiol as spam?
>>   
> 
> 
> Then, if the filter is configured correctly,  the sender of the genuine 
> email will be notified that the message was thought to be spam.

With the proviso that this must be done *only* by refusing the original
e-mail at the point of delivery, and never by sending an e-mail back
saying, "We don't like your e-mail".  Systems which do the latter are a
right royal pain in the **** because they inevitably send the
notification to an innocent third party.

John
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