My last comment on the subject (since a very small minority are getting very nasty in private mails). If everyone used the discard option, how would we ever get the spam filters trained so that the volume can be reduced even before it hits our pending? Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 11m above sea level This message can be considered to be in the public domain. The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer.

This is a valid question, but I am not sure there is a good answer. It seems that the filters are very slow to learn as I have seen the same messages repeatedly when I had mine set for "Hold" and despaired of ever seeing any progress. The other problem I have seen is that, even if the filters are learning by way of our selecting "This is spam" the spammers are constantly sending new messages which require the filters to be constantly re-trained. It is similar to the problem of virus-laden emails. Even as our various anti-virus programs are learning the new viruses that are out there, the creators are constantly coming up with new strains so the process gets more and more complicated. We just all do the best we can with the time and resources we have available to us. Jim -----Original Message----- From: listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:listowners-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ian Marr Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 10:20 PM To: ZListowners LO Subject: [LO] Pending Lists & Discard My last comment on the subject (since a very small minority are getting very nasty in private mails). If everyone used the discard option, how would we ever get the spam filters trained so that the volume can be reduced even before it hits our pending? Regards, Ian MARR at 38° 24' 01.299" S by 142° 34' 11.9094" E; 11m above sea level This message can be considered to be in the public domain. The home of SW Victorian Cemetery indexes: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/ Allansford Weather (10 min updates): http://home.vicnet.net.au/~marr/Weather/ Remember, to EVERY question in life, there is MORE than ONE correct answer. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LISTOWNERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ian Marr wrote: > My last comment on the subject (since a very small minority are getting very > nasty in private mails). > > If everyone used the discard option, how would we ever get the spam filters > trained so that the volume can be reduced even before it hits our pending? IME, reporting spam to the filter only increases the amount of it. As for training the filters? From the personal record-keeping I did, it looked as if what they were being trained to do was to reproduce themselves daily. Each time I reported a single spam, I got 2 the next day; if I reported 2, I reaped 4; if I reported 74, I got 148 ... this is counter-productive and an utter waste of time and resources. There is a limit to altruism, after all. Moreover, the discussion has branched like the Nile delta. One main branch is on about the Pending Requests; one main branch is looking out for the [listname]-admin@ mail. and each has divided into groups who are talking about the other branch with examples from the other branch. Cheryl