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

[Robert Eiffert <beiffert@COMCAST.NET>]

Agreed. It takes longer to empty the spam folder than the quick check for
false positives. Now, if I could figure out how to get outlook to just dump
the spam folder when closing.....

Robert Eiffert, Librarian
Pacific Middle School
Evergreen SD 114 Vancouver WA
beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library
robert@crypticmachinery.net




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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Dan Robinson
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 9:27 PM
To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Re: GEN:Porno)))hic spam e-mail


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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