O2003 spam filter!?

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Have just installed Office 2003 for an editing client, and was idly reading
the little 'manual' this morning.

I was astonished to read that there is an 'improved' spam filter that
amongst other things determines something is spam *based on the time it is
sent*. That is extraordinarily presumptuous and indeed arrogant (unless I
have got hold of the wrong end of the stick). Many people work very late at
night; many work in the early hours -- I'm one of the latter. Does that mean
my intended email recipients won't see my emails if I dare to send them
outside Microsoft's pre-ordained 'normal' hours?!
 
Does that meanmy intended email recipients won't see my
emails if I dare to send them outside Microsoft's pre-ordained
'normal' hours?!
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No, it's just one of several criteria used to score an email as SPAM
or not.

I have the Outlook 'Junk Mail Filter' turned completely off and rely
on my ISP and/or corporate security to identify SPAM. Effective SPAM
filtering requires much more sophisticated software and daily
maintenance.

A_C
 
aalaan said:
Have just installed Office 2003 for an editing client, and was idly
reading the little 'manual' this morning.

I was astonished to read that there is an 'improved' spam filter that
amongst other things determines something is spam *based on the time
it is sent*. That is extraordinarily presumptuous and indeed arrogant
(unless I have got hold of the wrong end of the stick). Many people
work very late at night; many work in the early hours -- I'm one of
the latter. Does that mean my intended email recipients won't see my
emails if I dare to send them outside Microsoft's pre-ordained
'normal' hours?!
Click to expand...

I think you're misinterpreting this. My take is that this refers to mail
coming into your inbox, not mail you send to others and that Outlook will
potentially flag as junk mail whose time stamps do not match reality, like
mail that is received before it was composed; i.e., that shows a date flag
that occurs after the received date.
 
Thanks Brian. Makes sense. More than I made of it originally. Blame (anyone
but me!) Microsoft's literature, which doesn't explain it. I still have my
huge pack of Office 97 manuals, back when Microsoft actually produced some
great written stuff. I've noticed that since then software has got more
complicated (and probably better) but manuals have become smaller and
smaller, relying on-line (or off-line) files. Cheaper to make but much less
convenient.
 
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