auto whitelisting

[Anthony Peacock]

Hi,

Glenn Steen wrote:
> On 22/08/06, Matt Kettler <mkettler at evi-inc.com> wrote:
>> Martin Hepworth wrote:
>> >
>> > I'd agree with Matt. I always recommend you turn the thing off as it
>> > tends to let spam through when you don't want it to..
>>
>> Well, that's true.. but it can also cause spam to be tagged when it would
>> otherwise be missed.
>>
>> Remember.. the AWL is NOT a whitelist..
>>
> Exactly!
> I can say for a fact that the AWL has been keeping my false
> rejection/tagging rate well down, even after applying some things
> (ImageInfo mainly) to get a grip on the image based spam. Without the
> AWL, many a financial newsletter would have gone down the drain... As
> it is now, I cannot find one case where they've got tagged or removed.
> Haven't seen the wildly fluctuating "missfires" of the AWL that some
> report either.
> So I'll be keeping my AWL on, for that crucial score averaging I need.

I have to agree with Glenn here.  On the whole the AWL works very well 
for me, helping push emails in the correct direction.  Often the AWL 
prevents false positives for me.

On the rare occasions where AWL is contributing to an incorrect score it 
is not usually the only problem, and it is easy enough to clear the AWL 
entry for that sender.

But of course, like Bayes, YMMV.

-- 
Anthony Peacock
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
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