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Sorry to appear ignorant, but is spam only an issue for POP3 email clients

and not for web-based email such as Gmail?

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    Walt G wrote:

    > Sorry to appear ignorant, but is spam only an issue for POP3 email clients

    > and not for web-based email such as Gmail?

    >

     

    Yes, it is also an issue with web-based email: but the web-based

    service will likely have different spam filters, perhaps better, perhaps

    worse, than you have for your POP3 account.

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    "Walt G" <anon@universe.com> wrote in message

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    > Sorry to appear ignorant, but is spam only an issue for POP3 email clients

    > and not for web-based email such as Gmail?

     

    No, it is not. It is a universal issue with any email system on any OS or

    hardware platform.

     

    As long as you have an email address, you qualify for spam.

     

    HTH

    -pk

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    "C A Upsdell" <""cupsdell\"@nospam@upsdell.com"> wrote in message

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    > Walt G wrote:

    >> Sorry to appear ignorant, but is spam only an issue for POP3 email

    >> clients and not for web-based email such as Gmail?

    >

    > Yes, it is also an issue with web-based email: but the web-based service

    > will likely have different spam filters, perhaps better, perhaps worse,

    > than you have for your POP3 account.

     

    Spam filters are a two-edged sword; the tighter they get, the more

    legitimate mail will be rejected. Unfortunately, you may have no way of

    knowing what the server rejected.

     

    I regularly send a group email to containing a document to users who expect,

    want, and need the email to conduct their business. However, because of

    the way I have to send it - there's an attachment, it's addressed to me,

    with all recipients blind copied - many corporate spam filters initially

    block it and may automatically blacklist my email address. The server

    thinks it's spam, because it follows a usual spam mail format.

     

    The only way either of us know that there is a problem is that they didn't

    recieve it when they expected it (and knew I'd sent it) and they complain to

    me. They ultimately have to contact their IT departments to get my email

    address whitelisted.

     

    HTH

    -pk

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