linux-kernel - Re: dspam as an incoming message filter on LKML

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Message-ID: <20060831231950.GY18276@stusta.de>
Date:	Fri, 1 Sep 2006 01:19:50 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Just Marc <marc@...ky.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dspam as an incoming message filter on LKML

On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 12:49:27PM +0100, Just Marc wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm sure many of you have experience with lots of different of spam 
> filters, at least some of you will know how good and effective DSPAM is.
> 
> What I propose is simple, after we teach DSPAM what is ham and what is 
> spam (a quick process on LKML) have one person who will volunteer
> to weed out any false positives (if any) for a short period of time, 
> following that we can just let DSPAM do its magic and enjoy a totally 
> spam free
> LKML.  
> 
> The chance of false positives with the kind of highly specific topics 
> and keywords discussed on LKML is extremely small.
> 
> Comments?

If you think linux-kernel didn't have any spam filtering you should read 
the information linked from the text that is attached to _every_ email 
sent to linux-kernel.

The last spamfilter discussion on this list was less than one month ago.

Please read the list archives before restarting the same old discussion.

> Marc

cu
Adrian

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