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Gmail Spam Filter Testing
An anonymous reader writes "What can you do with 1000MB of e-mail space on your Gmail account? One guy, by the name of Aaron Pratt ( prattboy@gmail.com ), has decided to test the spam filters of Google's Gmail service by having his Gmail account blasted with every kind of spam imaginable. He is testing to see how well Gmail's spam filters can sort out the spam from legitamate email (yes, he does get personal emails from people). As of May 25th, he was at about 30% of his Gmail account's 1GB capacity. You can track his progress on his website, http://gmail.prattboy.net (Google cache of this site: cache: gmail.prattboy.net). Here is also an article talking about Aaron's efforts from webpronews.com"
psh.. i've done this to my friends before.. they didn't need to make a website to ask for it...
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... to the entire Slashdot community! Now he's going to be flooded with all sorts of spam and shit. LOL!
:)
Oh... right.
Let's all send him an email and ask him how it's working out.
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"Here is also an article talking about Aaron's efforts from webpronews.com""
Since we are talking about spam and obtaining more spam, I don't know if I should read the site the article is on as "web pro news dot com" or "web pron ews dot com"...
I guess I'll figure it out sometime.
>isn't gmail still in 'beta' stages? if so, isn't a review of
>spam filtering techniques a little premature?
What part of Beta TEST escapes you here?
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you
Actually, I get a whole lot of emails with the random words and nothing else. I haven't quite caught on to the advertising strategy in that.
I have so far gotten very little spam in my gmail inbox.
What was that address again?
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Right! My only idea is that Google's technology is so advanced, it filters messages before they are even sent. It's gotta be a result of faster-than-light calculations. Boy, I'm gonna buy me some stock.
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>legitamate
How about having Slashdot editors/Hemos test the gmail spell checker too?
Do you really expect the Google servers to go down because of /.? ;)
If I could stop all the spam I get...I'd feel like a whole string quartet!
Just to get you started, I'll give you a quick hint: virtually every internet discussion on spam includes some high and mighty moron that claims that by not giving out his email address, he never gets spam.
The problem is, that for every one of those, there are plenty more who follow the same precautions and yet get plenty of spam to those accounts for a variety of reasons. Clearly, your soution is not the answer to "how to never get spam."
A good rule for using the internet is to read a few discussions before you post. This way, you will be less likely to post something that makes you look naive. So sit back, relax, and enjoy a steaming hot cup of STFU while you read and learn!
They have a much higher ratio of PhDs than Microsoft, or just about anyone short of a hospital.
Remind me not to go to your hospital. I want MDs treating me, not people who can give me a dissertation on ancient Sumeria or something. (MDs who also know about ancient Sumeria excepted.)
His wang is going to be huge!
Crushing my karma one post at a time.
Mine's gdnguyen@gmail.com.
Please only email me if you're barely legal and running a webcam. Thank you.
and I get a cubic buttload of crap daily
God damned metric system.
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