Junk Mail & Outlook 2003

[Redestium]

I'm just curious how Outlook does it, it doesn't seem to "train" from what I can tell like Thunderbird and Mail (for OS X) does. So how does it work exactly?

[Tropical Dream]

In Outlook 2003,

every time I receive a junk mail message,

I drag it from my Inbox to my junk mail folder

After 1 month of doing so,

it still receive the same type of junk message

Therefore Oultook junk mail folder doesn't train at all.

I guess it's a set number of rules that will be eventually outdated

because junk senders will find a work around.

Microsoft should allow to update every week the rules

with the updated Hotmail junk mail rules and reported spam

so it could insure a more accurate sortage of junk

[Galley]

I believe it uses a Bayesian filter.

[Redestium]

I believe it uses a Bayesian filter.

Have any links about where you read that?

[Jay C]

yea, Bayesian filter as far as I know

[egar]

Here's a link to Microsoft's Outlook 2003 site, describing the new junk email filter.

From what I see there, they don't mention a Bayesian filter but they do say it's a keyword filter. It seems to me to be a much less elegant solution than a Bayesian filter (like POPFile).

[Redestium]

Here's a link to Microsoft's Outlook 2003 site, describing the new junk email filter.

From what I see there, they don't mention a Bayesian filter but they do say it's a keyword filter. It seems to me to be a much less elegant solution than a Bayesian filter (like POPFile).

Thanks for that. :)

[digitalslacker]

http://www.paulgraham.com/better.html is a great explination of Bayesian