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Seven Spam Filters Compared

Posted by timothy on from the spam-is-evil dept.

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."

6 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. Meanwhile, I'm still waiting on the real spam news by Rahga · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nobody has confirmed for me yet, or shown evidence, that the rumors of SCO getting DoS'ed by SoBig are true or not.

    Any links would be appreciated, especially by you bored network administrators observing traffic at large ISPs.

  2. OT, yet important: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT LITTLE WHITE PIXEL UNDER THE ADS!?

    Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.

    1. Re:OT, yet important: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      it's an iframe ---



      <iframe width=1 height=1 border=0 frameborder=0></iframe>


      probably it's there because the web monkeys here suck donkey dick.

  3. Here ya go! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    here

  4. Re:Meanwhile, I'm still waiting on the real spam n by Neophytus · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Well, I cann't reach either caldera.com or sco.com.
    Tracing route to caldera.com [216.250.140.125]
    over a maximum of 30 hops:

    1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.0.1
    2 11 ms 11 ms 9 ms 10.124.0.1
    3 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms gsr01-ed.blueyonder.co.uk [62.31.64.33]
    4 21 ms 21 ms 22 ms gat-edi-pos.telewest.net [194.117.136.10]
    5 22 ms 27 ms 22 ms tele2-gat-pos.telewest.net [194.117.136.6]
    6 28 ms 21 ms 21 ms pos5-hsd-gsr1-linx.cableinet.net [194.117.154.18
    9]
    7 27 ms 21 ms 21 ms 195.50.116.173
    8 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms so-1-3-0.gar1.London1.level3.net [212.113.3.25]

    9 26 ms 22 ms 21 ms so-7-0-0.mp1.London1.Level3.net [212.113.3.1]
    10 20 ms 25 ms 21 ms so-1-0-0.mp1.London2.Level3.net [212.187.128.49]

    11 94 ms 94 ms 94 ms so-1-0-0.bbr1.Washington1.level3.net [212.187.12
    8.138]
    12 134 ms 152 ms 136 ms so-3-0-0.mp1.Denver1.Level3.net [64.159.1.113]
    13 * gigabitethernet10-0.hsipaccess2.Denver1.Level3.ne t [64.159.3.122]
    reports: Destination host unreachable.

    Trace complete.
  5. offtopic bc the editors dont want the truth out by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic