SpamArchive.org Launched

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."

Comments

So...

[Markus Landgren]

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

A hotmail account is just as good

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Database?

[dat00ket]

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

Seems cheaper.

Trade Spam!

[Pathwalker]

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?

Tell everyone!

[some guy I know]

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

Spam and anti-spam

[zedman]

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

Ian