TalkTalk spam filters

TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even using
upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the spam
filter.

There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
lowering their threshold.

TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.

Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.

This ISP really is very bad.

On 01/06/2011 23:32, Gareth wrote:
> TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
> emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even
> using upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the
> spam filter.
>
> There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
> lowering their threshold.
>
> TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
>
> Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
>
> This ISP really is very bad.

We know - and so does everyone else!
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...vice-2010.html

etc...

Leave now if you want to avoid a heart attack, stroke, etc.

George

"Gareth" <hotmail.com@dgareth_remove.com> wrote in message
news:4de6bdee$0$12172$(E-Mail Removed)...
> TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
> emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even
> using upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the
> spam filter.
>
> There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
> lowering their threshold.
>
> TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
>
> Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
>
> This ISP really is very bad.

Never ever phone TalkTalk technical support. They will not understand what
you want and will just make more trouble for you by doing useless things
like changing some of your passwords.

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Brian Gregory. (In the UK)
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On 01/06/11 23:32, Gareth wrote:
> TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
> emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even
> using upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the
> spam filter.
>
> There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
> lowering their threshold.
>
> TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
>
> Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
>
> This ISP really is very bad.

Never use your ISP's email. It's often the least cared for part of their
service and it ties you to the ISP. Either get yourself a domain and get
someone to host your email server, or get a gmail/yahoo/whatever email.

Gareth wrote:

> TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
> emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even using
> upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the spam
> filter.
>
> There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
> lowering their threshold.
>
> TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
>
> Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
>
> This ISP really is very bad.

The clue is your last line, ISP. They are and internet provider and not
an email provider. If you don't want to pay for a 'proper' service, then
try gmail.

"ianp" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:isdj53$9qn$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Gareth wrote:
>
>> TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
>> emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even
>> using
>> upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the spam
>> filter.
>>
>> There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
>> lowering their threshold.
>>
>> TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
>>
>> Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
>>
>> This ISP really is very bad.
>
> The clue is your last line, ISP. They are and internet provider and not
> an email provider. If you don't want to pay for a 'proper' service, then
> try gmail.

The trouble I've found with freebies is that their service is worth
precisely what you pay for it. Forwarding mail via Gmail, you stand a
better than excellent chance of font, format, etc, being totally screwed.
I've been a customer of BTInternet for about 12 years and I have no
complaint of their Email service. (Before that I was with Demon: the less
said the better!)

John

"ianp" wrote in message news:isdj53$9qn$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>Gareth wrote:
>
>> TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
>> emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even
>> using
>> upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the spam
>> filter.
>>
>> There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
>> lowering their threshold.
>>
>> TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
>>
>> Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
>>
>> This ISP really is very bad.
>
>The clue is your last line, ISP. They are and internet provider and not
>an email provider. If you don't want to pay for a 'proper' service, then
>try gmail.

Problem is that I've been using the email address for the best part of 13
years - from when ukgateway was a Pipex virtual service. That was before
there was any awareness of the need to use third party email services and
before there was any need to.

The service was perfect when it was run by Pipex and not bad when Tiscali
had it but, boy, TalkTalk really is crap. In fact it so bad that words
cannot do justice to how crap TalkTalk is. They even forgot to renew their
domain name registration recently and thousands of TalkTalk hosted websites
disappeared overnight as did the mail servers!

This problem is caused by aggressive spam filters with no user control at
all. Any key word - even from a previous sender - will trigger the dumb
filter. There is no whitelist option and no keyword filter option.
Forwarding of emails has ceased working (and has not been fixed) and CS is
an expensive joke. There is a case for arguing for an abuse of a premium
service "support" line. They are clueless.

All TalkTalk has to do is to implement a traditional spam control system.

TalkTalk is the worst company (not just the worst ISP) I have ever had the
misfortune of dealing with. They couldn't run a knees up in a brewery let
alone a network. The Keystone Cops of ISPs.

Using an ISP's email service is a great way to get tied down, using alternatives
like Hotmail/Gmail/Yahoo or a paid service like Hush means you can move from an
ISP in a flash if it turns rotten.

TT is the Three of land lines.


In reply to "Gareth" who wrote the following:

> "ianp" wrote in message news:isdj53$9qn$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > Gareth wrote:
> >
> > > TalkTalk server side spam filters are hitting lots and lots of non spam
> > > emails. I can replicate false positives to a number of accounts - even
> > > using
> > > upper case in the subject line with "FW:" is enough to trigger the spam
> > > filter.
> > >
> > > There is no way of disabling the TalkTalk spam filters and no way of
> > > lowering their threshold.
> > >
> > > TalkTalk technical support seem unable to assist.
> > >
> > > Hundreds of people must be having the same problem.
> > >
> > > This ISP really is very bad.
> >
> > The clue is your last line, ISP. They are and internet provider and not
> > an email provider. If you don't want to pay for a 'proper' service, then
> > try gmail.
>
> Problem is that I've been using the email address for the best part of 13
> years - from when ukgateway was a Pipex virtual service. That was before
> there was any awareness of the need to use third party email services and
> before there was any need to.
>
> The service was perfect when it was run by Pipex and not bad when Tiscali
> had it but, boy, TalkTalk really is crap. In fact it so bad that words
> cannot do justice to how crap TalkTalk is. They even forgot to renew their
> domain name registration recently and thousands of TalkTalk hosted websites
> disappeared overnight as did the mail servers!
>
> This problem is caused by aggressive spam filters with no user control at
> all. Any key word - even from a previous sender - will trigger the dumb
> filter. There is no whitelist option and no keyword filter option.
> Forwarding of emails has ceased working (and has not been fixed) and CS is
> an expensive joke. There is a case for arguing for an abuse of a premium
> service "support" line. They are clueless.
>
> All TalkTalk has to do is to implement a traditional spam control system.
>
> TalkTalk is the worst company (not just the worst ISP) I have ever had the
> misfortune of dealing with. They couldn't run a knees up in a brewery let
> alone a network. The Keystone Cops of ISPs.




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In article <4debbca6$0$2531$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gareth
<hotmail.com@dgareth_remove.com> writes
>
>Problem is that I've been using the email address for the best part of 13
>years - from when ukgateway was a Pipex virtual service. That was before
>there was any awareness of the need to use third party email services and
>before there was any need to.
>
I'm afraid the long term solution is to migrate to email linked to your
own domain. You can advertise that your email address is changing and
will perhaps have a year or so of transition, still receiving email on
the old address, until everyone knows your new one.

At some point TT will screw you royally by discontinuing your pipex
email address completely and probably with little or no notice so it
makes sense to do it on your own terms.

In the mean time I'm afraid you'll have to put up with it as you wont
get any sense from them.

Do the email headers contain any information on the way spam is scored?
--
fred
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"fred" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <4debbca6$0$2531$(E-Mail Removed)>, Gareth <hotmail.com@dgareth_remove.com> writes
>>
>>Problem is that I've been using the email address for the best part of 13
>>years - from when ukgateway was a Pipex virtual service. That was before
>>there was any awareness of the need to use third party email services and
>>before there was any need to.
>>
> I'm afraid the long term solution is to migrate to email linked to your own domain. You can advertise that your email address is
> changing and will perhaps have a year or so of transition, still receiving email on the old address, until everyone knows your new
> one.
>
> At some point TT will screw you royally by discontinuing your pipex email address completely and probably with little or no notice
> so it makes sense to do it on your own terms.
>
> In the mean time I'm afraid you'll have to put up with it as you wont get any sense from them.
>
> Do the email headers contain any information on the way spam is scored?

What spam? The OP hasn't mentioned that he gets any. Just legitimate mail
that doesn't arrive because of certain text strings in the subject line (and body I shouldn't
wonder).

Even if he sends himself an email containing the same trigger string, it doesn't get
through, so it's nothing to do with the sender.

--
Graham.

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