[colug-432] gmail's aggressive spam filters

[Angelo McComis]

On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Rick Hornsby <richardjhornsby at gmail.com>wrote:

> Just a word of caution, if you use gmail - their spam filters seem to be
> getting very aggressive lately.  I've found a handful of valid messages in
> my spam box recently, including Steve's "MediaWiki" list email from a few
> days ago.  This despite that I read from/write to the colug email address
> all the time.
>
>
Interesting data point, Rick -- I also use gmail, and that did not hit my
spam folder. It arrived as a normal list email for me.



> I've used gmail for a long time because their spam filters have tended to
> do a really good job keeping the crap out and leaving the other stuff
> alone.  Starting to wonder if I shouldn't go back to running my own
> spamassassin.
>

I would agree - the good stuff usually stays on track, but right now,
messages about my American Express account, which are valid, and are actual
updates from AMEX, are hitting my spam folder.

There are pros and cons of your question about going to running your own
spamassassin.

The pros, having done this before: -you control it, you can script it to
auto update, you can tweak it, train it, and make it behave the way you
like.

The cons:  you have to manage it, and it can get needy at times. When it
misbehaves (let's say, some filter that you subscribe to updates for has an
error in one of its nightly builds for example) you have to track it down,
figure out what broke, and spend time fixing it. It's another running
instance you have to manage, patch, update, secure, etc.

Now - if you're doing this for more than just you, then great. Otherwise,
for as good as gmail is, including its occasional hiccups, I would rather
let them do all the work.
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