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sheila
08-16-2002, 06:05 PM
Here is an article that just got slashdotted today...which may interest some of the geek/techs among us. Discusses methods for filtering Spam effectively:

http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/02/08/16/1428238.shtml?tid=156
manish
08-17-2002, 01:27 AM
Did you read this reply:

http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=38113&cid=4083060

Sadly, I think that it might work....

Manish
sheila
08-17-2002, 02:25 AM
LOL. No, Manish, I hadn't read any of the Slashdot commentary yet. Had only had time so far to read the linked article.

Thanks for pointing it out. It does sound like it would work, though. :\
kitchin
08-17-2002, 08:33 AM
To summarize: you put a test email address on your web site, and use that address as a spam magnet. Then you have a box full of spam, and you use its addresses or characteristics to filter spam out of your real email box. The critique is that the emails sent to different addresses are slightly different.

How about harvesting the mail relays instead? Those will be identical.

But then you really have to insure no one legit clicks on the address. Otherwise you are blocking whole slices of the internet. Hmmm.
manish
08-18-2002, 12:08 AM
Originally posted by kitchin:
The critique is that the emails sent to different addresses are slightly different.
Well, the key is "slightly". If 85% of the words match, I don't think I want to read that email....

Manish
sheila
08-18-2002, 01:17 AM
Alright, well the Python List (also gated to Usenet as comp.lang.python) is now discussing this article and algorithm.

The code is being translated into Python.

Some good links, for those who might be interested:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-August/118509.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-August/118515.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-August/118518.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-August/118551.html
manish
08-19-2002, 11:58 PM
I just read this on Slashdot. This is a qmail implementation of the algorithm:
http://www.garyarnold.com/projects.php#bayespam

I bet people cough Bruce cough might be interested in this :)

Manish