AOL's spam filters

[FOBSIDE]

AOL filters 1 billion spam e-mails a day. I find that pretty impressive. I am wondering if they have released any sort of filters for individual users. I am assuming their filters are pretty good if they're able to effectively filter that many spam mails a day and still allow people to receive their normal mail. Also does anyone know if there are any complaints about mails that aren't getting through, perhaps because they are filtered accidentally?

 

[JellyBaby]

My guess is their boastful claim is misleading. Tons of spam still floods user email accounts and AOL's built-in tools are awful. This is part of the reason they're shedding subscribers right now.

 

[FOBSIDE]

Originally posted by: JellyBaby
My guess is their boastful claim is misleading. Tons of spam still floods user email accounts and AOL's built-in tools are awful. This is part of the reason they're shedding subscribers right now.

Supposedly the claim of one billion is true. It was reported on Slashdot, but who's to say where that source of information is from? AOL is losing it's subscribers because people are moving to broadband and realizing they don't need AOL.

 

[corkyg]

I maintain a backup AOL dialup account - useful for travel when I lose my broadband. Anyway - AOL has the best anti-spam setting I have ever used. It is fool proof and has existed for several years. In mail controls, all you need do is select the mode that only addresses that you specifically list will be allowed through. Everything else - spam, unsolicited notes, etc., will never appear in one's mail box. They will be rejected. If I gave you my AOL address, you could not send me an email unless I added your address to my list. It is 100% permissive and 100% effective.

 

[igowerf]

I wouldn't really consider that an anti-spam filter, but more of a general privacy filter. It's a little too restrictive for me.

Also, perhaps AOL DOES filter out 1 billion spams a day, but maybe AOL users get a combined 2 billion spams. 🙂