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Working Bayesian Mail Filter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

zonker writes "A real, working honest to god Bayesian spam filter. I've been waiting for something like this for a while (since I first read Paul Graham's research paper on this very topic a few weeks ago). Well here's POPFile, a small but extremely effective Perl script that runs on just about any system Perl does. After just a little training was I able to get very effective filtering out of it. From what I understand the new email client that comes with OS X Jaguar has a feature similar to this, but I don't know if it is true Bayesian. Hopefully this kind of feature will become more prevalant in client software as I see the Google results for it are growing."

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  1. I LOVE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FRIST PSOTWRTW

  2. Fist Sport! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I get plenty of Master Bayesian Spam already thank you very much.

  3. Those terrorists! by edb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is a clear and present threat to our society. Good thing the FBI acted quickly!

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    In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they rarely are.
  4. Re:Whas that? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot

  5. Honest to whom? by matth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Honest to god? or God? Just which god/God is it honest to? Capital or lowercase G?

  6. What about decimal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Do you care that it uses the hated decimal system (if it does)? Decimal is bad. Right?

  7. Re:New open source business-model? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You are such a faggot.

  8. What about decimal radix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Decimal is bad. Use hexadecimal.

  9. What about decimal radix? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is your link infested with decimal? Or does it have the much better hexadecimal? Decimal causes cancer indeed.

  10. CRAP by gnillort · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    www.goatse.cx is a bad site!
    don't go there!

  11. Theft by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ahhh, the exciting life in Toledo...

  12. Re:Why hex and binary? by Anonymous+DWord · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Wow, you're smart. How can I be like you? The early Mayans used a base 20 system; ancient Romans used a base 12 system. The Babylonian system was a positional base 60 system. How many seconds in a minute? How many minutes in an hour? So much for your decimal.

    My conclusion: You're stupid, ignorant and not a geek.

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  13. Can't we just use a DOS on spammers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Filtering is great and all, but shouldn't something more be done about this kind of stuff? I mean, how about some vigilante justice in the form of a DOS attack from the offending server? When spam is detected, fire back at the server and knock the hell out of it. If it's a service provider of the spammer, they'll take quick action against the spammer to ensure they don't get hit again. I'm all for being malicious. Isn't anyone else?

  14. [OT] Aluminum foil high? by dirtyhippie · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Did you know that if you chew on a piece of aluminum foil for couple of minutes, you'll get high?
    No, are you serious? A claim like that needs to be backed up!
    1. Re:[OT] Aluminum foil high? by wheany · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Pardon for stereotyping, but I thought someone with a nick like that would have known. I don't know how or why it works. It's easy to test, though. Just put a piece of aluminum foil in your mouth and chew for a few minutes. Try not to swallow little pieces of aluminum...