I am amused that Norton puts emails from the Microsoft Store into the AntiSpam folder. Is this commercial rivalry or just algorithms at work?
OT: Microsoft Store
Sep 10, 2020
Last reply: 6 years ago
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A lot of phishing scams are packed in emails from "MS" so it makes sense.
I can see that but I would have expected some sort of protocol for Microsoft to have each of their emails whitelisted.
To me it shows how stupid the current SPAM algorithms are. Lots of legitimate stuff seems to get marked as Spam, I assume because people sigh up for it, decide they don't want it, and rather than "unsubscribe" mark it as Spam. If enough people do that it gets marked as Spam.
Real spammers, phishers and fraudsters seem to be able to change the content, severs used, and from addresses quickly enough to by-pass the Spam filters.
I still think I am better at spotting Spam just be the headers than any algorithm.
Dave
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