DSPAM v3.0 RC1 Spam Filter Released

Posted by simoniker on Monday May 31, 2004 @06:15AM from the egg-and-beans dept.

Nuclear Elephant writes "DSPAM v3.0 RC1 is now available for download, with a stable release scheduled for June 13. DSPAM has appeared on Slashdot and in Wired News in the past for its high levels of accurate spam filtering. v3.0 is the product of three solid months of work. Some of the highlights include a very sleek redesigned interface, PostgreSQL support, many mathematical enhancements, and support for many of Gary Robinson's algorithms (such as Chi-Square, Geometric Mean Test, and Robinson's technique for combining P-Values)."

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Yay, we fixed spam! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-05-31 06:24 · Score: 5, Insightful

Look! We came out with this great filter so nobody else gets spam! This solves the problem of spam once and for all! Even though spam is still clogging our networks and wasting bandwidth, this filter will solve all of our problems.

With all the time spent on making spam filters, why don't we spend that time working out a new protocol for email transfers, one that would not be able to spoofed, or spend that time installing server side programs that put a small time delay between messages as well as bandwidth restrictions for all outgoing mail?