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Spam Detection Using an Artificial Immune System

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the lymp0cty3z-narf-poit!-claire-said-the-laundry-wheel dept.

rangeva writes "As anti-spam solutions evolve to limit junk email, the senders quickly adapt to make sure their messages are seen. an interesting article describes the application of an artificial immune system model to effectively protect email users from unwanted messages. In particular, it tests a spam immune system against the publicly available SpamAssassin corpus of spam and non-spam. It does so by classifying email messages with the detectors produced by the immune system. The resulting system classifies the messages with accuracy similar to that of other spam filters, but it does so with fewer detectors."

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  1. Nice! by beacher · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But where does the spam snot and phlegm go?

    -B

    1. Re:Nice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      my new linux distro codenamed 'badger' will include a spamm-fighting module, codenamed 'medicine man' which is based upon these principles. for those of you not yet familiar with 'badger' or 'medicine man', it is a new linux distro aiming at performance, security, scalability and portability. 'badger', in short, rules and will be very secure and spam-free, out of the box.

  2. AIDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    But can it get AIDS?

    1. Re:AIDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      His name is Chim-Chim. He likes to be called Henri, but we don't always get what we want do we?