Comments on: Google Email Dance… http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/ Neil Shearing's latest up-to-the-minute tips and secrets! Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:50:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Neil_Shearing http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6756 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 09:03:38 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6756 Hi Pamela, Great tip, thanks. :-) I was getting several hundred spams per hour at Gmail... so even a fraction of 1% staying in my Inbox was too many. For example... I probably emptied my spam folder a few days ago... now it's... "Spam (20197)" ;-) Neil. Hi Pamela,

Great tip, thanks. :-)

I was getting several hundred spams per hour at Gmail… so even a fraction of 1% staying in my Inbox was too many.

For example… I probably emptied my spam folder a few days ago… now it’s… “Spam (20197)” ;-)

Neil.

]]> by: Pamela http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6749 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 22:27:22 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6749 I use a pretty similar system as you Neil, although I really only use POP to download a backup copy of stuff now. Your spam getting through, I think might be a symptom of the nature of some of the mail that you are likely to tolerate from other marketers. I've found that if I allow in (mark as not spam) just one thing that Gmail thought was suspicious, it starts letting all sorts through for a while until it's retrained. Consequently, I've unsubscribed from a LOT of email and replaced them with RSS subscriptions instead (where available) and I avoid using the "Not Spam" button. This has reduced the number of spam emails that arrive in my inbox to just 2-3 and only on bad days, which is not at all bad out of the hundreds I get. I use a pretty similar system as you Neil, although I really only use POP to download a backup copy of stuff now. Your spam getting through, I think might be a symptom of the nature of some of the mail that you are likely to tolerate from other marketers. I’ve found that if I allow in (mark as not spam) just one thing that Gmail thought was suspicious, it starts letting all sorts through for a while until it’s retrained. Consequently, I’ve unsubscribed from a LOT of email and replaced them with RSS subscriptions instead (where available) and I avoid using the “Not Spam” button. This has reduced the number of spam emails that arrive in my inbox to just 2-3 and only on bad days, which is not at all bad out of the hundreds I get.

]]> by: Neil_Shearing http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6746 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:03:55 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6746 Hi Chris, Good point about the searching. And yes, I was getting a lot of spam at Gmail. I was reporting it, and felt like I was working for them for free. ;-) Perhaps it's because I like to be connected to my email account most of the day... which means I'm first to see the newest spams. Neil. Hi Chris,

Good point about the searching.

And yes, I was getting a lot of spam at Gmail. I was reporting it, and felt like I was working for them for free. ;-)

Perhaps it’s because I like to be connected to my email account most of the day… which means I’m first to see the newest spams.

Neil.

]]> by: Chris http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6745 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:44:46 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6745 Neil, if you're spam is still getting through GMail's filtering then you must have some persistant spam! I've got over 50 domains forwarding into my Gmail account and the Bayesian filtration gets rid of over 99% of the rubbish (more like over 99.5%). The rest is a quick manual few seconds first thing in the morning. The real joy of GMail though is the search. Try searching through 20,000+ emails in Outlook... Neil, if you’re spam is still getting through GMail’s filtering then you must have some persistant spam! I’ve got over 50 domains forwarding into my Gmail account and the Bayesian filtration gets rid of over 99% of the rubbish (more like over 99.5%). The rest is a quick manual few seconds first thing in the morning.

The real joy of GMail though is the search. Try searching through 20,000+ emails in Outlook…

]]> by: Joe Taylor Jr. http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6744 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 12:10:39 +0000 http://www.neilshearing.com/2007/04/27/google-email-dance/#comment-6744 You know what else is great about Gmail? The new mobile phone app they just released that lets me view my mail from the road without having to lug a laptop around. And, when I get back to the desk, I don't have to re-delete anything I deleted while I was out! You know what else is great about Gmail? The new mobile phone app they just released that lets me view my mail from the road without having to lug a laptop around. And, when I get back to the desk, I don’t have to re-delete anything I deleted while I was out!

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