Gmail spam filter sux big time - GoFuckYourself.com

Quotealex · 05-07-2006, 02:10 PM

Since I re-transfered my e-mails from hotmail to gmail, I've been getting 1,000s of spam per day. When my e-mails was being transferred to hotmail, I was getting a few dozen daily spam in my inbox, the rest would go straight into the junk mail without me doing squat.

Hotmail has their shit together when it come to filtering spam, and I'm not impress with Gmail spam filter...

Pure Evil · 05-07-2006, 02:11 PM

have you tried customizing it or do you expect it to be perfect out of the box?

Quotealex · 05-07-2006, 02:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pure Evil

have you tried customizing it or do you expect it to be perfect out of the box?

I hit on the "report spam" all the time but keep getting the same type of spam over and over. With Hotmail, a only few would pass thru into my inbox...

digifan · 05-07-2006, 02:20 PM

Gmail is being spammed heavily.... I prefer yahoo.

Pure Evil · 05-07-2006, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex from Montreal

I hit on the "report spam" all the time but keep getting the same type of spam over and over. With Hotmail, a only few would pass thru into my inbox...

ah, ok. if you notice a trend (like getting a bunch of credit offers) you can set up a custom filter to catch them. try to use words that are mainly only used in spam (like credit, line, etc - for example) you can usually taylor it to the type of spam you are receiving using keywords and it should catch most of them.

Greg MissionD · 05-07-2006, 02:35 PM

I use gmail, i divert all my domain to gmail and use their pop to download to outlook and i get spam, in the spam folder.
Not much comes through there at all.

2HousePlague · 05-07-2006, 02:43 PM

spammmmmmm.

2hp

Hentaikid · 05-07-2006, 05:41 PM

weird I almost never get spam in gmail, the spam catcher gets 99% of it.

Zester · 04-22-2008, 12:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quotealex

Since I re-transfered my e-mails from hotmail to gmail, I've been getting 1,000s of spam per day. When my e-mails was being transferred to hotmail, I was getting a few dozen daily spam in my inbox, the rest would go straight into the junk mail without me doing squat.

Hotmail has their shit together when it come to filtering spam, and I'm not impress with Gmail spam filter...

why did you move ? from hotmail to gmail ?

After Shock Media · 04-22-2008, 12:25 PM

I also only get maybe 1-2 spams max a day that get through my gmail and well they do not come off as random, more like phising emails.

Vick! · 04-22-2008, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hentaikid

weird I almost never get spam in gmail, the spam catcher gets 99% of it.

Same here.

I do not use Gmail a lot, but I daily get about 4-5 spam mails but they all get filtered. I hardly remember any spam email made it to the inbox.

Based on my experience, I think Gmail's spam filter is better than that of hotmail and yahoo.

RyuLion · 04-22-2008, 12:49 PM

It used to be very good but all of the sudden 3-4 email make it to my inbox..his just started happening last two weeks..

Ethersync · 04-22-2008, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hentaikid

weird I almost never get spam in gmail, the spam catcher gets 99% of it.

ditto

CherryLipsRosa · 04-22-2008, 01:42 PM

I never have a problem either, maybe it is a temporary thing now

dav3 · 04-22-2008, 01:46 PM

In my personal experiece, it was exactly the opposite. I used to get slammed with spam in my old hotmail account's inbox, but I only get about 3-5 per week that slip through to my inbox with gmail.

EZRhino · 04-22-2008, 03:53 PM

Gmail is pretty good about filtering my mail. It doesnt catch everything but I'm satisfied.

Paparazzi · 04-22-2008, 04:07 PM

I get like 50 spam/day to my gmail, but they are filtered to the the spam folder

papill0n · 04-22-2008, 04:16 PM

This thread is 2 years old and Gmail has obviously improved their spam filters because I get a ton of email and very little spam.

D · 04-22-2008, 04:22 PM

My experience differs:

I've been using gmail since 2004.

I've never adjusted anything on my spam settings or filters.

My gmail spam filter intercepts about 30 spam messages a day.

Since 2004, I can only recall catching one viable email that was diverted to my spam folder.

Since 2004, I can count on one hand the number of spam messages that have successfully made it into my inbox.

GM4L.

D · 04-22-2008, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben

This thread is 2 years old and Gmail has obviously improved their spam filters because I get a ton of email and very little spam.

I just now caught that it was 2 years old.

d'oh.

:-)

Still... was working fine for me back then, too.

Rochard · 04-22-2008, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hentaikid

weird I almost never get spam in gmail, the spam catcher gets 99% of it.

I love gmail.... I get one or two a week.

05-07-2006, 02:10 PM	#1
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EZRhino Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: couch Posts: 6,258	Gmail is pretty good about filtering my mail. It doesnt catch everything but I'm satisfied.

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D Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Valley Posts: 7,412	My experience differs: I've been using gmail since 2004. I've never adjusted anything on my spam settings or filters. My gmail spam filter intercepts about 30 spam messages a day. Since 2004, I can only recall catching one viable email that was diverted to my spam folder. Since 2004, I can count on one hand the number of spam messages that have successfully made it into my inbox. GM4L. __________________ -D. ICQ: 202-96-31