From: "Phil Payne" 

> >I usually get between 250 and 300 a day.  Nine so far.
>
> Did your ISP add some filtering?

No, this is me checking out the ISP's sinbin.

I used to use Freeserve for bulk email reception.  They were bought out by
Wanadoo, and then it became Orange, who are a major cellphone and
connectivity supplier.

The spam detection has moved with this, and it's heuristic.  If you find a
spam in your inbox, you can 'mark' it as such and the algorithm will beat
you to it next time.  I can get two or three genuine emails on that address
per day, and two or three hundred spams.  Usually, it's bang on.

Sometimes I let a couple of thousand spams accumulate and then go through
looking for false positives. It's rare to find an algorithm failure. 
Really rare.

Today has been REALLY different.  I'd usually expect to find a couple of
hundred or more spams in the sinbin - it's now just around a couple of
dozen.  An order of magnitude reduction overnight.

(And I've got a good bottle of port and some _INCREDIBLE_ Brie.  Who needs women?)

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