Live spam-catching contest at CEAS

noodleburglar writes "The 2007 Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS) will feature a live spam-catching contest. Entrants will be treated to a torrent of spam and must use their spam filtering technique to filter out as much as possible, while also letting legitimate messages. My money's on Spam Assassin." This ought to be a sweeps week television spectacular.

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The prize list :)

[davidwr]

1st prize: Job offer from a security-software vendor
2nd prize: Lifetime supply of Hormel meat products
3rd prize: Commemorative tin of SPAM meat product
Last place: Inheritance from Nigerian Prince

The First Annual Greased Spammer Contest!

[Penguinisto]

(cue Monster Truck Rally announcer guy voice...) THIS SATURDAY AT THE EXPO CENTER! The Best admins and the worst spammers come together in a throwdown-showdown-lowdown Greased Spammer Contest! We kidnap, strip, and grease down every known spammer we can find on Planet Earth! We bring 'em here, then we give our lucky mail server admins (as determined by lottery) a chance to catch 'em! The spammers will be released into a large pit, where the admins may use any method to catch and immobilize spammers (firearms and other projectile weapons are excluded). Points will be given for the number of spammers caught, the methods of capture, and the level of eye-rattling violence applied to each spammer after their capture! Watch as the winning admin gets to publicly execute the dreaded Sanford Wallace by any method that he or she can dream up! Any method at all! You'll buy a ticket for the whole seat, but you will only need the edge! Get your tickets at the Mondotix - DON'T MISS IT!(/voice)

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