Amount of SPAM increasing

WebSight · 21st May 2009, 03:26 AM

I have noticed over the last several days the amount of spam coming into my Gmail account is increasing dramatically.

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this.

webecedarian · 27th May 2009, 07:03 AM

Funny you should ask. I have a Gmail account which I rarely check, have only used to send to 3 or 4 people, and have never used it to sign up or purchase anything. And on the advice of EMD, I included a number in the handle to deter spam.

I logged in to find an accumulation of around 300 spam items.

nooby · 29th May 2009, 10:47 PM

No not a single spam here. I use google each third minute download via email client and no spam for months as far as I know.

Have you guy been unlucky to give it away too openly on forum or on blog sites?

FMRocks · 30th May 2009, 04:07 AM

I haven't necessarily noticed a jump in the number of spam. However, I have noticed a greater effectiveness in Gmail spam filters. That is to say in the past few weeks, my false positives have been just about eliminated. False negatives are a still a (very) minor problem.

jdtaylor · 1st June 2009, 04:57 AM

I agree although I'm reporting all my spam through spamcop but it's still averaging 15-30 spans in my spam folder which does feel an awful lot for gmail.

William9 · 1st June 2009, 02:14 PM

I'm getting about 5 to 15 spam messages per day in my Gmail account -- all correctly placed in the spam folder. I can't recall when a message was misclassified. Google's spam filters are great.

jdubsfr · 2nd June 2009, 07:00 AM

Was always impressed with Gmail's ability to eliminate virtually every single one. Today I had to mark 7 and report them as spam.

So now that we are more than one. Does anyone have suggestions that would make a difference?

21st May 2009, 03:26 AM	#1
WebSight Junior Member Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1	Amount of SPAM increasing I have noticed over the last several days the amount of spam coming into my Gmail account is increasing dramatically. I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this.

2nd June 2009, 07:00 AM	#7
jdubsfr Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1	I'm with you on the increase of spam Was always impressed with Gmail's ability to eliminate virtually every single one. Today I had to mark 7 and report them as spam. So now that we are more than one. Does anyone have suggestions that would make a difference?

27th May 2009, 07:03 AM	#2
webecedarian Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NYC Posts: 117	Funny you should ask. I have a Gmail account which I rarely check, have only used to send to 3 or 4 people, and have never used it to sign up or purchase anything. And on the advice of EMD, I included a number in the handle to deter spam. I logged in to find an accumulation of around 300 spam items.

29th May 2009, 10:47 PM	#3
nooby Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Europe Posts: 474	No not a single spam here. I use google each third minute download via email client and no spam for months as far as I know. Have you guy been unlucky to give it away too openly on forum or on blog sites?

30th May 2009, 04:07 AM	#4
FMRocks The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: FM = Firefox Mission Posts: 4,025	I haven't necessarily noticed a jump in the number of spam. However, I have noticed a greater effectiveness in Gmail spam filters. That is to say in the past few weeks, my false positives have been just about eliminated. False negatives are a still a (very) minor problem.

1st June 2009, 04:57 AM	#5
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,328	I agree although I'm reporting all my spam through spamcop but it's still averaging 15-30 spans in my spam folder which does feel an awful lot for gmail.

1st June 2009, 02:14 PM	#6
William9 Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,062	I'm getting about 5 to 15 spam messages per day in my Gmail account -- all correctly placed in the spam folder. I can't recall when a message was misclassified. Google's spam filters are great.