Seven Spam Filters Compared

Goo.cc writes "Those wondering how their spam filtering software performs in comparison to other's may want to read this article on Freshmeat, where Sam Holden performs comparative testing of various popular e-mail filters. The filters tested includes Bayesian Mail Filter, Bogofilter, dbacl, Quick Spam Filter, SpamAssassin, SpamProbe, and SPASTIC."

Comments

Re:Good testing, but not enough samples

[cly]

I guess you wrote this after reading the first two experiments.

In the third he used 1200.

Nice way to jump the gun.

WRONG.

[imsabbel]

Of couse your baysian filter will QUICKLY learn that html tags that create invisible text are VERY common in spam and nowhere else-> problem solved
Dont forget that the filter sees more than the eye...