[H-GEN] Spam Filters

[Andrae Muys]

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John Duncan wrote:
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>       Dear List,
>                 Following on about filtering mail, has anyone any
> experience to share about these Bayesian spam filters. I am mainly
> interested in bogofilter from Eric Raymond.
>                 These seem to be the way of the future and the
> results look good to the uninitiated.

Just as a quick note for those of interest, the recent interest in Bayesian 
filters for spam can be traced to a recent article on the subject by noted 
lisp hacker Paul Graham [http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html].  As ESR's 
implementation is an extension on this work, the original paper is well 
worth reading.

Andrae


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