Gmail's Spam Filter No Longer Effective?

[6Foot2]

As a GoogleMail user I was more than a little perturbed to read the headline on this Blog:

 

Link: Gmail's Spam Filter No Longer Effective?

 

Also the news that GoogleMail fared less well than Yahoo Mail and Hotmail in this regard. However I find that GoogleMail performs as reported in the article:

 

I rarely get spam messages that aren't flagged by Gmail,...

 

I must say that overall I agree with the first comment:

 

forever Gmail!

[localzuk]

I think I've had about 1 spam message a month slip through their filter in the 6 years or so I've used it. Can't complain!!

[FN-GM]

I haven't had any come through. I think its pretty good in all honesty

[Andrew_C]

I did get one through earlier this month, but it is very, very rare.

 

Edit - Just checked; a few false positives and lots of pills to make my...

Edited May 24, 2010 by Andrew_C