Welcome all. This is my new little pet project used to help gather and distribute better Gmail spam filters. My philosophy is this: if I get a message that is obviously spam, I’d like the message to be sent to trash, and to be automatically forwarded to a spam reporting agency. I’m sick of sifting through the spam folder looking for legitimate emails. I’d prefer to use this folder as a intermediate between the inbox and trash folder, so, I’ve compiled a list of the most common words used in spam, and created a filter to do just this. As I further refine the filter, I’ll post changes which you’ll then be able to download and import into Gmail.
I’ve tested this filter against over 14,000 emails currently in my Gmail account, and am proud to report that I had zero false positives. I use my email for both personal communications and work, so, you can be assured that this works as it should.
Feel free to leave comments containing any feedback, suggestions, or additions you may have.
Download the filter. (updated 01-05-2010)
Once you have a copy of this filter, just login to your gmail account, click the google labs link (looks like a beaker), then enable ‘Filter import/export’. Once done, click settings, click filters, then scroll to the bottom of the page where you should see an import filters option. Click this, select the the.gmailfilter.com.xml file, and import.