So I was using the web interface of my e-mail account (usually do it through Thunderbird), and there was a spam message in it that hadn’t been hit by the filter (which is usually pretty good). Before plunking it into the spam folder, I decided to look at another message in it first, one from a trusted source. For mails from this trusted source, I usually enable pictures, so I clicked the link that allowed remote content.
Well, somehow something went wrong, and I ended up doing this for both the message I wanted to look at and the spam message! (It was for ink/toner, if that makes a difference.) Horrified, I hit the “spam” button, but the damage was done. My web interface spam filter has been hitting more messages lately, and I’m pretty sure there’s a cause-and-effect thing going on here.
My spam filters are getting the vast majority of the “new” spam, and the increase isn’t a lot, but since more volume = more chance of something getting missed, I was wondering how much longer I can expect this increase to last. Forever? Less?