The problem is in using a SPAM filtering/processing system that decides for
you what is SPAM.  That's why I use Mail Washer which lets me
decide.  Since using it I've had no SPAM reach my hard drive since Mail
Washer allows me to delete it at the server level.

Also, I recently received an inquiry email from a professor in Turkey.  The
header sure looked like SPAM but Mail Washer allowed me to review the text
and determine it was genuine.

Mail Washer builds up a blacklist but you (not it) decides what goes on
it.  Automated systems appear attractive at first, but they are subject to
serious errors.

At 10:35 AM 4/28/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Resadm-l'ers,
>
>Like nearly everyone else on the internet, I am plagued with junk mail
>messages and have used the various filters to get rid of the majority of it.
>But occasionally, a legitimate message gets caught in the screening and gets
>directed to my "deleted" folder. Some of these messages are pretty important
>(i.e., come from my boss, have details on a grant budget I need to know
>about, etc.). Since our organization uses Outlook, I was pretty sure the
>program's filtering criteria were the culprit, and I finally found an
>article which explains why. If you examine the list of things that can get
>email flagged as junk (see
>http://office.microsoft.com/Assistance/9798/newfilters.aspx), you'll see why
>it can be a problem for anyone dealing with budgets, offers, proposals, etc.
>For example, just including the dollar sign, three zeroes and two
>exclamation points in the body of a single message is enough to get it
>automatically deleted from my inbox.
>
>-----------------
>Molly Daniel
>Grants Specialist
>Planning Dept.
>Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center
>1000 Health Center Drive
>Mattoon, IL 61938-0372
>tel. 217-258-2195
>fax 217-258-4135
>email: xxxxxx@sblhs.org <mailto:xxxxxx@sblhs.org>
>web: www.sarahbush.org <http://www.sarahbush.org>
>
>
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