I generally try to scan my “held mail” email each day to see what my spam filter, AppRiver, caught.  It’s often a collosal waste of time, but when it’s not, I’m glad I checked.  Type I errors are death for time-sensitive correspondence (and spam filter companies).

So imagine my surprise when I discovered yesterday’s “held mail” email in today’s ”held mail” report.  That’s right - AppRiver flagged its own mail as spam!  See for yourself in the above screenshot.

I’m disappointed.  Brad and others seem to have had success with Postini.  Any other recommendations for alternate spam filters?

AppRiver, I’m sure there’s some logic here.  An imposter email, perhaps?

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If you’re interested in reading more about email spam, check out Richi Jennings’ blog.  His most recent post on “naive bulk emailers” highlights aggressive email marketing tactics that I’ve written about before:

1. The New Face of Customer Acquisition
2. Aggressive Ringo Tactics (continued)