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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2008Legitimate postings marked as junk?
I have noticed that many spam posts have been marked as junk by previous readers. That serves a useful purpose. On the other hand, many posts that seem to be legitimate are also marked as junk. Who does that? Is it frustrated advertisers? Is it just nastiness on the part of regular readers? Bill > I have noticed that many spam posts have been marked as junk by previous > readers. That serves a useful purpose. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Bill It's your own personal newsreader's settings that is making those decisions. Not some stranger hiding under your bed. In article <everyday-FFC044.17583926042008@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net>, > > I have noticed that many spam posts have been marked as junk by previous > > readers. That serves a useful purpose. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > It's your own personal newsreader's settings that is making those > decisions. Not some stranger hiding under your bed. No, it's true. A bunch of us nasty regulars broke into his house and messed up his spam filtering.  SignatureTom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/ > I have noticed that many spam posts have been marked as junk by previous > readers. That serves a useful purpose. Huh? Nobody else has the ability to mark anything either way in *your* news reader. > On the other hand, many posts that seem to be legitimate are also marked > as junk. Who does that? Is it frustrated advertisers? Is it just > nastiness on the part of regular readers? Change your news reader's settings. SignaturePlease send all responses to the relevant news group. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. I do not read posts from Google Groups. Use a real news reader if you want me to see your posts. JR > I have noticed that many spam posts have been marked as junk by previous > readers. That serves a useful purpose. > On the other hand, many posts that seem to be legitimate are also marked > as junk. Who does that? The spam posts are NOT being marked by other people. They're being marked by the program you're using. MT-NewsWatcher has a built-in junk filter. It's not perfect, but you can train it to be more accurate. When you see that it made a mistake, use the "Mark as Junk" or "Mark as Not Junk" command to correct it. For more info, read the MT-NW online manual: <http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/docs/JunkFilter.html> In article <wayne.morris-CD7005.12153327042008@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, > The spam posts are NOT being marked by other people. They're being > marked by the program you're using. MT-NewsWatcher has a built-in junk [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > <http://www.smfr.org/mtnw/docs/JunkFilter.html> Thank you and others who have pointed this out. I could not believe that MT-NewsWatcher was so inept at extrapolating my junk markings so inappropriately. Bill > In article > <wayne.morris-CD7005.12153327042008@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > MT-NewsWatcher was so inept at extrapolating my junk markings so > inappropriately. See the Wikipedia article on Bayesian filtering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_filtering SignatureBarry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group *** > In article > <wayne.morris-CD7005.12153327042008@shawnews.wp.shawcable.net>, [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > MT-NewsWatcher was so inept at extrapolating my junk markings so > inappropriately. It's only as good as you train it to be. Train it, and it will improve. SignaturePlease send all responses to the relevant news group. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. I do not read posts from Google Groups. Use a real news reader if you want me to see your posts. JR > It's only as good as you train it to be. Train it, and it will improve. That never worked with me, ask the ol' Woman ... SignatureW. Oates > I have noticed that many spam posts have been marked as junk by previous > readers. No you haven't. I don't know what you think you are seeing, but that is not it. SignatureOtto: Apes don't read philosophy. Wanda: Yes, they do Otto, they just don't understand it. |
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