Re: [gentoo-user] Gmail and that stupid spam filter. :-@

[Hilco Wijbenga]

2008/12/26 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
> Hilco Wijbenga wrote:
>> 2008/12/26 Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>:
<snip/>
> Well, I'm on dial-up and that thing doesn't like my slow as crap
> connection.  Thanks AT&T for keeping your promise on getting use DSL.
> Bit of sarcasm there in case you can't tell.  Very few things are on my
> crap list but they are one and close to the top.  Anyway, using the
> webmail thing is a mess.  It times oout part way through loading the
> page and all that crap.  It took me a loong while to go through all that.

Yeah, that definitely sucks. Nowadays a lot of webapps expect you to
have your own private T3. :-) I'm not sure whether Yahoo will be much
better though...

> What I thought of doing is checking all of them then telling google none
> of them is spam at all.  Over time, it should not mark anything as
> spam.  Of course, that will mess up other people as well.  Sort of hate
> to do that but if it means I can get my emails, then it is a option.

I'm not really clear on how personalised it is. Not everyone agrees
(all the time) on what is spam and what is not. It seems that it is
somehow able to apply my personal settings to the spam filter.

<snip/>
>>> I always liked Google but this sort of pisses me off.  No wonder people
>>> say they sent me a card or something and I never got it.  They are in
>>> the spam bucket.  Thought about marking them ALL as "not spam" and just
>>> screwing their spam filter right up.  Sort of a get even thing there.  :-@
>>>
>>
>> Well, Don Quixote, I hope you'll forgive me for putting my money on
>> Google anyway. ;-) :-P If you do decide to take on Google
>> single-handedly ... keep a blog please, it should make for hilarious
>> reading. ;-) :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Hilco
>
> Well, even if I did, I would be switched by then.  If I'm not getting
> the service I pay for or expect, I move on.  I may be switching ISPs
> again before long too.  I like to get online when I need to not when
> they think I should.  I also plan to keep my OS up to date even if it
> means a 10 hour download.  If they can't handle that, I'll find someone
> who can.  Already found my new ISP just waiting for word from my current
> one.   They claim it is unlimited but then put limits on it.  Funny huh?

Perhaps they meant the wait is unlimited? ;-)

> Who's Don?  I never heard of him.

I see no smiley, so I'll assume you're serious:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilting_at_windmills

Cheers,
Hilco