273715 - Spam filter reads my mind

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: General, defect)

Description

[Roy]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0) Opera 7.54  [en]
Build Identifier: 0.7.1

Sometimes the spam filter dumps mails in my spam folder that I didn't tell it to 
dump there, but that I consider as spam anyway and want Thunderbird to dump in 
the spam folder. Seriously, I have spent maybe half an hour (in total) teaching 
Thunderbird what is spam and what is not, and already it reads my mind by 
putting things I don't like in the spam box.

Honestly, I have used a baeysian filter before, and without LOTS of training it 
would easily get confused about what was spam and what was ham.

At work we got a mail every team somebody successfully applies for leave and 
it's annoying. So I told Thunderbird that those messages were spam. Lo and 
behold, all the annoying leave messages end up in the spam folder ! Not 
exceptional you say, but what is execeptional is that when I applied for leave a 
few months later, I expected my leave application to land up in the spam box. It 
didn't, which really (pleasantly) surprised me.

Thanx Guys

PS. Sorry about logging this as a bug, but I couldn't find anywhere on your 
website to send compliments. I hoped that you would see the humour.

Regards
Walluce

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Teach Thunderbird what is spam and what is not
2. Wait
3. Receive a mail.

Actual Results:  
Please guys, I've already told you everything in the "Description" box.

Expected Results:  
I expected it to make mistakes, but it didn't !!

I drive a blue car.

Comment 1

[Roy]

I like the beach.

Comment 2

[OstGote!]

Please don't file bugs for that. Please. Use the forums/newsgroups or the
contacts listed on the mozilla.org site. Thanks.

Comment 3

[Mike Kowalski]

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