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Using Statistics to Cause Spammers Pain

Posted by michael on from the slow-poison dept.

mlamb writes "Statistical mail classifiers like PopFile save time on the part of their users, but don't do anything to actively combat spam. I just published an article that suggests a way to use classifier output against a spammer while they're connected to your SMTP server, and I'm launching a project called TarProxy to implement it."

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  1. tar pits dont work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    tar pits do nothing new or exciting. so far the most optimal is bayesian or other algorithmic filtering. Its a shame Google won't release their search algorithm for spam :-)

  2. Re:but its usually from an open relay... by Malcontent · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "but the open relay is enabling the spammer."

    Why is that? Every copy of windows 2000 comes with a SMTP server right? Why do you need a open relay anymore?

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