A spam filter that really works.In the April 2003 issue (page 90) I suggested some ways to block spam--those uninvited un·in·vit·ed adj. Not welcome or wanted: uninvited guests. uninvited Adjective not having been asked: uninvited guests e-mails that clog up computers. 1 said I had yet to find an effective spam-blocking program and that I would share with you any new information on the subject. Well, I found a product that not only works nearly flawlessly--it's free. Software designer Paul Graham For other persons named Paul Graham, see Paul Graham (disambiguation). Paul Graham (b. Weymouth, England, 1964) is a Lisp programmer, venture capitalist, and essayist. engineered SpamBayes, which is based on the probability theorem theorem, in mathematics and logic, statement in words or symbols that can be established by means of deductive logic; it differs from an axiom in that a proof is required for its acceptance. of the 18th century mathematician Thomas Bayes Noun 1. Thomas Bayes - English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761) Bayes . Once you load the software, you train it by identifying messages you want blocked. It quickly learns the attributes of your definition of spam and steers suspect messages into a separate folder where you can review them and override any errors. After only one day of training (I get about 100 emails a day), SpamBayes began to perform with nearly 100% accuracy. To download the free 3.2 MB file, go to http://starship.python Python, in Greek mythology Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent. In some myths the infant Apollo slew Python at the oracle of Gaea in Delphi; in others Apollo killed the serpent in order to claim the oracle for himself. .net/crew/ mhammond/spambayes. If you want a mathematical explanation on how to works, go to www.paulgraham.com/spam.html. |
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