How email works: why a fake email from your boss can reach your inbox
Why spam gets through: the choice every spam filter makes
Spam filters could be set to catch far more spam tomorrow. Almost none are, and the reason is a trade every filter has to make.
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After Thursday, Miva wants the spam line moved a little lower, so that the next email like Rono's lands in the spam folder.
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It looks like a free fix: one setting, and Rono's next fake is caught. Mail providers could set their line that low tomorrow. Almost none of them do.
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