O2003 spam filter!? "aalaan" <aalaan[ at ]tpg.com.au> 14.09.2006 20:10:28 Have just installed Office 2003 for an editing client, and was idly reading the little 'manual' this morning. I was astonished to read that there is an 'improved' spam filter that amongst other things determines something is spam *based on the time it is sent*. That is extraordinarily presumptuous and indeed arrogant (unless I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick). Many people work very late at night; many work in the early hours -- I'm one of the latter. Does that mean my intended email recipients won't see my emails if I dare to send them outside Microsoft's pre-ordained 'normal' hours?!

Re: O2003 spam filter!? Agent_C <Agent-C-hates-spam[ at ]nyc.rr.com> 14.09.2006 20:32:34 On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:10:28 +1000, "aalaan" <aalaan[ at ]tpg.com.au> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Does that meanmy intended email recipients won't see my > emails if I dare to send them outside Microsoft's pre-ordained > 'normal' hours?! No, it's just one of several criteria used to score an email as SPAM or not. I have the Outlook 'Junk Mail Filter' turned completely off and rely on my ISP and/or corporate security to identify SPAM. Effective SPAM filtering requires much more sophisticated software and daily maintenance. A_C

Re: O2003 spam filter!? "Brian Tillman" <tillman1952[ at ]yahoo.com> 15.09.2006 00:06:09 aalaan <aalaan[ at ]tpg.com.au> wrote: [Quoted Text] > Have just installed Office 2003 for an editing client, and was idly > reading the little 'manual' this morning. > > I was astonished to read that there is an 'improved' spam filter that > amongst other things determines something is spam *based on the time > it is sent*. That is extraordinarily presumptuous and indeed arrogant > (unless I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick). Many people > work very late at night; many work in the early hours -- I'm one of > the latter. Does that mean my intended email recipients won't see my > emails if I dare to send them outside Microsoft's pre-ordained > 'normal' hours?! I think you're misinterpreting this. My take is that this refers to mail coming into your inbox, not mail you send to others and that Outlook will potentially flag as junk mail whose time stamps do not match reality, like mail that is received before it was composed; i.e., that shows a date flag that occurs after the received date. -- Brian Tillman

Re: O2003 spam filter!? "aalaan" <aalaan[ at ]tpg.com.au> 15.09.2006 19:22:42 Thanks Brian. Makes sense. More than I made of it originally. Blame (anyone but me!) Microsoft's literature, which doesn't explain it. I still have my huge pack of Office 97 manuals, back when Microsoft actually produced some great written stuff. I've noticed that since then software has got more complicated (and probably better) but manuals have become smaller and smaller, relying on-line (or off-line) files. Cheaper to make but much less convenient. "Brian Tillman" <tillman1952[ at ]yahoo.com> wrote in message news:eUfPBrF2GHA.1040[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > aalaan <aalaan[ at ]tpg.com.au> wrote: > >> Have just installed Office 2003 for an editing client, and was idly >> reading the little 'manual' this morning. >> >> I was astonished to read that there is an 'improved' spam filter that >> amongst other things determines something is spam *based on the time >> it is sent*. That is extraordinarily presumptuous and indeed arrogant >> (unless I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick). Many people >> work very late at night; many work in the early hours -- I'm one of >> the latter. Does that mean my intended email recipients won't see my >> emails if I dare to send them outside Microsoft's pre-ordained >> 'normal' hours?! > > I think you're misinterpreting this. My take is that this refers to mail > coming into your inbox, not mail you send to others and that Outlook will > potentially flag as junk mail whose time stamps do not match reality, like > mail that is received before it was composed; i.e., that shows a date flag > that occurs after the received date. > -- > Brian Tillman