Spam getting past the new Outlook 2003 filter

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Neal

When I first got Outlook 2003 I was thrilled to see how much spam it
blocked.

Now however, I am seeing more and more spam get through.

These all seem to have something in common, and that is either a string of
words or sentences at the bottom. Examples are...

huxtable cattleman bugaboo everyman furrier heroes hypocritic fuzzy matinal
imaginary betrayal basilar askew johnson ar equestrian

zymogenic zoophile zoogeny zoster zyme zoogamy zumbooruk zygotene zoophytish
zucchini zulu zoopsychology zygoma zygopteran zygodactylous


Also they all seem to have words with extended characters such as...

Átkíns or the §oùth beaçh dïet

Surely this sort of thing can be spotted by software and deleted too?

Regards, Neal.
 
As fast as vendors can come up with methods to filter spam, the spammers
come up with new methods to get past filters. I use SpamBayes at home and
it catches 99% of what Outlook 2003 misses (not much by the way, maybe 2-3
messages per day). Also, SpamBayes is a "learning" type filter so it will
keep getting better and better.

Microsoft is trying its best, but, like the rest of the vendors out there,
they are fighting a real battle where the spammers seem to regain the upper
hand in days, if not weeks.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Neal asked:

| When I first got Outlook 2003 I was thrilled to see how much spam it
| blocked.
|
| Now however, I am seeing more and more spam get through.
|
| These all seem to have something in common, and that is either a
| string of words or sentences at the bottom. Examples are...
|
| huxtable cattleman bugaboo everyman furrier heroes hypocritic fuzzy
| matinal imaginary betrayal basilar askew johnson ar equestrian
|
| zymogenic zoophile zoogeny zoster zyme zoogamy zumbooruk zygotene
| zoophytish zucchini zulu zoopsychology zygoma zygopteran zygodactylous
|
|
| Also they all seem to have words with extended characters such as...
|
| Átkíns or the §oùth beaçh dïet
|
| Surely this sort of thing can be spotted by software and deleted too?
|
| Regards, Neal.
 
Add everyone of these spam to your junk mail spam list
and they will automatically go to your junk mail folder.
I started with Outlook 2003 about two months ago with
probably 200 spam per day and now it is down to one or
two. The junk mail folder will have all of this garbage
in it and it is deleted automatically when I close Outlook.
You have to do the maintenance, the spammers change faster
than most people change their underwear.
 
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