Mail Spam gone mad

Mail spam filtering is too strong!
I ask here, as I don't mind delving into XML files and doing search and replace with Textwrangler if someone has an idea how to isolate what is spam and what is not. So is there a file I can edit that forces it to only consider certain keywords and e-mail addresses spam?
I want to create an automatic filter that is neither too strong, nor too weak.
Thank you.

Hi Tim.
This kind of problems are caused by some corruption in one or more of the files used by the junk filter. Try this first:
1. Go to Preferences > Junk Mail and disable junk mail filtering.
2. Quit Mail, then open it again.
3. Go to Preferences > Junk Mail, enable junk mail filtering, and configure it however you wish.
4. Reset the junk database (Preferences > Junk Mail > Reset).
Alternatively, instead of (or in addition to) disabling/enabling the junk filter, you may try switching from Automatic to Training mode, quitting Mail, then switching back to Automatic mode.

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