linux-kernel - Re: Spam, bogofilter, etc

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Date:	Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:42:35 +0200
From:	Mariusz Kozlowski <m.kozlowski@...land.pl>
To:	Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@...iler.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Spam, bogofilter, etc

Hi, 

> Yes, the thing is NOT 100% perfect.
> Especially very short spams are prone to leak thru it,
> and those hams that do get block do tend to be longish, and
> never before seen.  (It all comes from Bayes Statistics.)

If I can suggest something. Please run latest p0f and match the output against 
vger incoming traffic (or even only against the messages that leak trough the 
filters used now). I bet you'll see an obvious and very descriptive pattern. 
Now what you will or will not do with that knowledge is the other story.

	Mariusz
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