[Gllug] Testing spam filter

[John G Walker]

On Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:52:48 +0000 "Martin A. Brooks"
<martin at hinterlands.org> 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.

Thus confirming to the spammers that they have a genuine email address
to sell on.

What is "correct" about this behaviour?

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 John
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