Checking today why my latest post on the "Re: Gurus - does/can Vim have a functionality resembling Info?" thread hadn't appeared here, I found it in my spam folder. The cause is startling:
Message-ID: <20130216123314.GF2005@ratatosk> ... X-SpamDetect: *********: 9.055555 IronPort detected Suspected Spam=14.0, IronPort SPAM scanned=-10.0, Aspam=5.1 X-Aspam: Words 2.1 +because +received +visit +group +options +groups -post +https +subscribed X-Aspam: URLS scored 3.0 google.com X-Aspam: Best match was sample aspam_catch\m639.msg While looking in the spam folder, I found: From: Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> ... Subject: Re: Windows ALT characters ... X-SpamDetect: ************: 12.700000 IronPort detected Spam=19.0, IronPort SPAM scanned=-10.0, From3consonants=0.7, Aspam=3.0 X-Aspam: Words 0.0 -because -received -visit -group -options -groups -post -https -subscribed X-Aspam: URLS scored 3.0 yahoo.com google.com X-Aspam: Best match was sample aspam_catch\m588.msg and: From: Ben Fritz <[email protected]> ... Subject: Re: ctags processing jumps to wrong tag? ... X-SpamDetect: **********: 10.416555 Adult word cum=0.7, IronPort detected Suspected Spam=14.0, IronPort SPAM scanned=-10.0, From3consonants=0.7, Aspam=5.1 X-Aspam: Words 2.1 +because +received +visit +group +options +groups -post +https +subscribed X-Aspam: URLS scored 3.0 google.com X-Aspam: Best match was sample aspam_catch\m614.msg But 99% of posts are not similarly mis-flagged (by google AFAICT). Is this causing similar havoc elsewhere? False positives in spam detection seem to totally negate the process's value. Is it google who I have to try to complain to? (The guilty party isn't exactly nailing its colours to the mast in the headers.) Erik -- In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, and much more difficult to find." - Terry Pratchett -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
