Re: [OT] Confirmation Spam Blocking was: List 'linux-dvb' closed topublic posts

From: Scott Laird
Date: Thu Jan 22 2004 - 17:44:57 EST


In article <Pine.LNX.4.58.0401221034090.4548@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> you write:
>
>so we need to extend the Bayesian filters to deal with multi-word combos,
>how many legit mail has those dictionary words in them? properly traind
>their presence should help identify the spam.

Been there, done that. Take a look at spamprobe, it does two-word
bayes and is freakishly effective. I haven't had a single false
positive since the first week of training, and it's blocking well over
99% of all incoming spam. I no longer have a spam problem.


Scott
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