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SpamArchive.org Launched

Posted by chrisd on from the spam-is-angry-making dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SpamArchive.org has just been launched. SpamArchive.org is a community resource that provides a database of known spam to be used for testing, developing, and benchmarking anti-spam tools. The goal of this project is to provide a large repository of spam that can be used by researchers and tool developers. In the past, there were a few small personal spam archives that were used. There was no large set of spam that could be used to test new anti-spam algorithms. Thus, developers could not sufficiently test their techniques across a range of messages. Also, the lack of a "standard" sample of spam made it difficult to effectively benchmark anti-spam tools."

8 of 269 comments (clear)

  1. So... by Markus+Landgren · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do they have a mailing list I can sign up for if I want to get updated by e-mail?

    1. Re:So... by stevenp · · Score: 4, Funny

      > Do they have a mailing list I can sign up for if I want to get updated by e-mail?

      No, but you can open a Hotmail account and receive a dayli dose of UP-TO-DATE spam message FOR FREE.

  2. A hotmail account is just as good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    There was no large set of spam that could be used to test new anti-spam algorithms


    Whoever wrote this obviously doesn't have a Hotmail account.
  3. Database? by dat00ket · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can't researchers just set up their own hotmail account?

    Seems cheaper.

  4. Trade Spam! by Pathwalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that spam is so collectable, someone should start a service to let people trade it?

    What will someone give me for my rare "Help fund the freedom fighters in Chechnya!" complete with numbered bank accounts to send donations to?

  5. Tell everyone! by some+guy+I+know · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think that they should send email out to everybody describing this great service!

    --
    Those who sacrifice security to condemn liberty deserve to repeat history or something. - Benjamin Santayana
  6. Spam and anti-spam by zedman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would spammers try to "anti-spam" the spam archive by submitting billions of perfectly normal emails?

    Ian

  7. As Admiral Ackbar says... by imag0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's a trap!!!

    1) Set up story about new site accepting spam to assist in creating better anti-spam tools.
    2) accept all the submissions from the teeming millions(tm) at a popular tech site or two.
    3) cull all the email addresses from those duped to forward spam to you.
    4) sell said email addresses to spammers.
    5) PROFIT!!!!