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		dflock on May 17, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Thinking out loud about 2nd-gen email Isn't that just a perfect way to train spammers, though? Keep sending to the server, get instant feedback, iterate until the spam gets delivered?

DoctorOetker on May 18, 2024 [–]

the spam filter algorithm can be provided with information on the number of attempts, and the explicit user intervention of marking something as spam, so what if the spammer learns they exhausted their attempts or user tolerance?

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