http://www.kokeytechnology.com/internet-security/received-the-worldpay-card-transaction-confirmation-scamvirus-in-microsoft-outlook/ Computer Tips, Gadgets, Technology News, Reviews Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:14:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.kokeytechnology.com/internet-security/received-the-worldpay-card-transaction-confirmation-scamvirus-in-microsoft-outlook/#comment-2073 Ed Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:30:43 +0000 http://www.kokeytechnology.com/?p=2520#comment-2073 Outlook 2007 doesn't suck. You're just using it wrong. Outlook is first and formost a mail client that is designed to work in unison with Microsoft Exchange. Exchange has a feature called IMF (Intelligent Message Filter). This filter is updated regularly, usually on patch Tuesday. While Outlook can be used for POP, it really isn't designed for that, and as such if you have problems with SPAM (talk to your mail provider for solutions to that issue) then I suggest that you invest in a spam filter that runs locally on your desktop. One such application which I used once upon a time was a baysian filter called "SpamBayes". I believe you can find it on sourceforge. It's free and works quite well after a bit of training. If this is not something you want to spend any time on, then make the suggestion to your ISP to offer a spam solution like MXLogic or something similar. Either one works quite well... But don't blame Outlook for something it wasn't designed to do in the first place...that's like saying how crappy a screw driver is because it can't drive nails into concrete! BTW, I know what you're going to say..."then why does Outlook have that "Junk mail" folder?" Well, this folder is in place so that when IMF tags an email that exceeds a predefined threshold for spam, it places it in that particular folder. If the spam threshold value is close to the spam threshold, it will place the mail into the "suspected junk" folder. You train IMF by moving junk mails into the Junk folder, this will tell Exchange how to identify spam in the future and help the filter become more accurate. Ed web/gadget guru Outlook 2007 doesn’t suck. You’re just using it wrong.
Outlook is first and formost a mail client that is designed to work in unison with Microsoft Exchange. Exchange has a feature called IMF (Intelligent Message Filter). This filter is updated regularly, usually on patch Tuesday. While Outlook can be used for POP, it really isn’t designed for that, and as such if you have problems with SPAM (talk to your mail provider for solutions to that issue) then I suggest that you invest in a spam filter that runs locally on your desktop. One such application which I used once upon a time was a baysian filter called “SpamBayes”. I believe you can find it on sourceforge. It’s free and works quite well after a bit of training. If this is not something you want to spend any time on, then make the suggestion to your ISP to offer a spam solution like MXLogic or something similar. Either one works quite well…
But don’t blame Outlook for something it wasn’t designed to do in the first place…that’s like saying how crappy a screw driver is because it can’t drive nails into concrete!
BTW, I know what you’re going to say…”then why does Outlook have that “Junk mail” folder?”
Well, this folder is in place so that when IMF tags an email that exceeds a predefined threshold for spam, it places it in that particular folder. If the spam threshold value is close to the spam threshold, it will place the mail into the “suspected junk” folder. You train IMF by moving junk mails into the Junk folder, this will tell Exchange how to identify spam in the future and help the filter become more accurate.
Ed
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