SPAM and Gmail
Anyone who knows me has probably heard me go on about how good Gmail is. This will help put their spam filtering into perspective, however. Lately I’ve run into a lot of people that have trouble with either a) too much spam getting into their inbox, or b) overactive spam filters putting legitimate mail in their spam folder so they miss it.
Gmail’s spam filtering algorithm is amazing. My current spam folder is up over 2,100 messages now and growing. Gmail automatically deletes any spam older than 30 days, so that means it is filtering about 70 spams a day, compared to my 10-20 legitimate emails on my personal account. I hardly ever check my spam folder for legitimate emails, because the filtering is just that good. Over the course of a year, I’ve only had four or five “semi-legitimate” emails get mis-filtered. In all cases, they were from a company and had “spammy” advertising language in them. On the other side of things, spam messages only make it into my inbox once every couple of weeks. Out of 1,000 spam messages, less then one ever makes it to my inbox.
So my advice? If you’re drowning in spam, just get Gmail! 
