[H-GEN] Spam Filters

[Robert Brockway]

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On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Andrae Muys wrote:

> 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.

Just read it.  I think this is a fantastic way of spotting spam.  All of
other other methods have the failing that they require maintenance as spam
techniques change, whereas this will be self-maintaining though its very
nature.  Performance may be an issue that needs to be looked at as
extensive scanning of each email might be needed (especially if multiple
word sets are scanned for as proposed in the article).

Cheers,
	-Rob

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