Catching Spam by Looking at Traffic, Not Content

AngryDad writes "HexView has proposed a method to deal with spam without scanning actual message bodies. The method is based solely on traffic analysis. They call it STP (Source Trust Prediction). A server, like a Real-time Spam Black list, collects SMTP session source and destination addresses from participating Mail Transfer Agents (MTAs) and applies statistics to identify spam-like traffic patterns. A credibility score is returned to the MTA, so it can throttle down or drop possibly unwanted traffic. While I find it questionable, the method might be useful when combined with traditional keyword analysis." What do you think? Is this snake oil, or is there something to this?

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[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously dude every time there is a post about spam on here you post that stupid template. I am sure you think you are very clever and funny but the fact is its just LAME much like you. It wasn't funny the first time and it's still not funny now. Nobody cares.