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SpamAssassin Gets a Promotion

Posted by michael on from the now-more-assassinating-power dept.

darthcamaro writes "The folks at internetnews.com are reporting that the Spam Assassin project has been promoted to a full top level Apache Software Foundation project..the project has been in incubation for a while and it's finally made it through...the article also reveals that Apache is now using Spam Assassin themselves: 'I think spam filtering is now a critical part of the network infrastructure and Spam Assassin is a leader in the area,' said Daniel Quinlan, chairman of the Apache Spam Assassin Project Management Committee."

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  1. If Only It Was For Real by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only it truly assassinated spamers.

    --
    "It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."
  2. You people need to stop being so cynical by Enlarge+Your+Penis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I don't employ Spamassassin or any other spam blocker. As a result, I now have a penis that will make her scream, hot lesbian schoolgirls lusting after my every move, a wide range of generic drugs, 2 PhDs and a completely clean credit record

    A step up from living in your parent's basement and whacking off to an inflatable doll, right?

    I'd stay and chat, but I have to get back to a Nigerian man about a bank transfer