Re: GEN:Porno)))hic spam e-mail

[Dan Robinson <infomaven@PATMEDIA.NET>]

If your email program has a Bayesian filter that will work with it,
it will divert 98-99% of the spam, p*rn or otherwise into a spam
folder. I'm using Spambayes' Outlook plugin at work, and it's quite
amazing.  It has reduced the time needed to double check and
eliminate spam from about 30-40 minutes a day to 5 minutes (at the
most).  There are a few errors each month on either side, but it
makes the problem manageable. Some email programs are beginning to
build in Bayesian filters. I know of Eudora and Mozilla Email that
the have them built in.

Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On 30 Jan 2004 at 20:33, Nancy Willard wrote:

> Wish it could work, but do not hold your breath.
>
> The authority to implement this regulation was contained in CAN-SPAM. Due to
> the passage of CAN-SPAM, many spammers are now having their messages sent
> from oversees servers -- thus outside of the authority of the FTC.
>
> Have you seen a reduction in your e-mail boxes since early January when
> CAN_SPAM was supposed to go into effect?
>
> > Date:    Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:34:50 -0800
> > From:    Sybil Finemel <sfinemel@COMCAST.NET>
> > Subject: GEN:Pornographic spam e-mail will have to be clearly labeled by
> >        mid-June
> >
> > http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/tech/news/2376199
> >
> > Pornographic spam e-mail will have to be clearly labeled by mid-June to
> > allow Internet users to easily filter it out, the Federal Trade Commission
> > announced Wednesday.
>
> Nancy
>
>

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