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Gmail Spam Filter Testing

Posted by Hemos on from the send-the-mail-in dept.

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"

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  1. There's Epic Imagery Here Somewhere by FearTheFrail · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Of fighting the good fight...something parallel to that of a penguin, and a gun, and millions of tiny little Windows logos charging forth...

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    ___ In the words of Gen. Douglas McArthur: "I'll be right back."
  2. Re:One of the best things Google/GMail could do by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Try turning Javascript on, then you'll see what it's all about. (don't)

  3. THAT'S NOT THE AARON PRATT YOU'RE THINKING OF!!! by DP · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i mean, not that's not obvious.... testing the spam whatever capacities of gmail? talk about lame...

    but yeah, if you're thinking, woah, i know that kid. you know, the crazy punk guy who always went on about tard factories... well, that's not him.

    just so you know.

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    -- d'arcy poirot
  4. Re:If this guy has used 30% of his capacity... by Dagny+Taggert · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Good point. Since spam does not, indeed, have volume but is two-dimensional, I should've merely said "buttload".

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    Don't be a looter...and yes, I know that it's spelled with an "A" instead of an "E".
  5. Re:If this guy has used 30% of his capacity... by bhtooefr · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Actually, you're both wrong in one way or another. Spam is digital data. It might be represented in a two dimensional form, but it's most definitely ONE dimensional. Buttload it is.