Spam avoidance techniques

Posted May 4, 2004 9:47 UTC (Tue) by RobbyRDG (guest, #21287)
Parent article: Spam avoidance techniques

The spam filter that I use - Spam Bully, has multiple filtering techniques like friends/spammers list; block email by country/language; block certain words or phrases; RBL integrationalso it allows you to see detailed information about each email you receive- IP address, country, character set, and how SpamBully ranked it. Tells you why a message was or was not blocked and how to correct this in the future. But it always blows me away how incredibly accurate a pure Bayesian approach is. All those other methods add complexity to the process and no measurable improvement in accuracy except when you first stat training your filter. also it allows you to see detailed information about each email you receive- IP address, country, character set, and how SpamBully ranked it. Tells you why a message was or was not blocked and how to correct this in the future.

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Spam avoidance techniques

Posted Feb 8, 2005 2:06 UTC (Tue) by patrickcurrier (guest, #27757) [Link] (1 responses)

by the way there is great info about spam filter stuff at http://www.spamfilternews.com

Spam avoidance techniques

Posted Apr 19, 2005 23:44 UTC (Tue) by patrickcurrier (guest, #27757) [Link]

Sorry I meant to add the actual link --- Spam Filter - http://www.spamfilternews.com

Spam avoidance techniques

Posted Aug 15, 2006 12:36 UTC (Tue) by andycreats (guest, #39905) [Link]

I can recommend a good outlook spam filter - Spam Reader. I used it about 6 months and very satisfied. I tried before also Spam Bully and it worked fine but there was one thing I don't like - it's too much complicated in its options. I needed very simple but effective spam filter - Spam Reader is the best in this category. If you need some fully customizable spam filter then of course you need to use Spam Bully, but be ready guys to spent about 3-4 hours to read its help file :)

Spam avoidance techniques

Posted Jul 15, 2009 19:46 UTC (Wed) by patrickcurrier (guest, #27757) [Link]

Wow time flies. Here's a more updated list of spam filters http://www.theyellowlists.com/TYL/Spam_Filters.html