Comparison of Bayesian POP3 Spam Filters

kreide writes "Spam e-mail has become an ever increasing problem, and these days it is next to impossible to use e-mail without receiving it in large amounts. Although various techniques exits to combat the problem, spammers seemed to be winning the war - until a new, powerful weapon appeared on the scene: Bayesian filters, our last, best hope for spam-free inboxes. In this review I compare POP3 based bayesian spam filters." We did an Ask Slashdot on this a few weeks ago.

Comments

great

[Stanley Feinbaum]

Just remember though, we would never have television without commercials. Sometimes advertising is necessary.

Re:great

[1029]

Which is an intersting statement.... Just think about this for a second (I do not claim this to be an end all statement about spam): You pay for cable TV, and yet have to sit through over 12 minutes of advertisements when watching a 1 hour program. Now why is that advertising, yet getting spam email is not? You pay for both media per month, yet one is generally allowed "spam" but the other is not. Please, go right on ahead and point out why spam is not the same as a commercial. I simply wanted to bring this topic up for discussion.

What we need

[CausticWindow]

Is a first post filter.

FP Bitches!

well whoopty fuck

[Anonymous Coward]

breaking news : asshat runs his mouth about a
bunch of buzzwords - film at 11:11

people, get real .. the minute you find a way to
'protect' yourself, and publish it, you've just
given the spammers the necessary recipe to defeat
your protection.

learn to use the goddamn delete key, or use a
whitelist

tip : if it has html in it, its probably spam.

tip : if you don't know the person, its probably
spam

and please

as always

choke on your own vomit (or spam)

Slashot ore no mono!

[Anonymous Coward]

hi

[Pro_Fucker]

how do you like my name?

Ask Slashdot

[imbaczek]

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Can some US people sue guys who send real junk like this? Or maybe ask them for a license for sending themselves email ($699 seems a reasonable price for a single inbox?)

Re:A new poll is required

[Lars T.]

Yeah, the death penalty also worked for reduceing violent crime - hey, wait....