On 12/17/19 9:07 PM, John Levine wrote:
In article <de9253b3-d545-a477-168e-4c1b50ec0cba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write:
Spam filters are a good example. Poorly chosen spam filters are the
primary reason that email has become so unreliable.
Actually, spam is the primary reason that email has become so
unreliable. If you did't do spam filtering, however imperfectly, your
mailbox would be so awash in junk you couldn't find the trickle of
real mail.
I did say "poorly chosen" spam filters. I don't claim that all spam
filters are poorly chosen, but I've seen many that are.
As it turns out, I have several mailboxes with no spam filtering, and
they're not awash in junk. But mileage does vary - I have other
mailboxes that do have spam filtering and are still awash in junk.
Keith
