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Kevin A. McGrail commented on COMDEV-268:
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Hi Saahil, nice to meet you. Working on the Apache SpamAssassin project
especially on a statistical classifier is an excellent choice for a student
GSOC student.
For this and the ticket 267 that you also expressed interest in, you'll want to
email with me on the
[d...@spamassassin.apache.org|mailto:d...@spamassassin.apache.org] mailing
list. That way you can engage the entire community.
https://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/MailingLists
After that:
1st step is to go to [https://community.apache.org/gsoc.html] and make sure you
read the "Students Read this Section"
2nd step is discussion and to start drafting your proposal.
Regards,
KAM
> GSOC 2018 SpamAssassin Statistical Classifier Plugin
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: COMDEV-268
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COMDEV-268
> Project: Community Development
> Issue Type: Project
> Components: GSoC/Mentoring ideas
> Reporter: Kevin A. McGrail
> Priority: Major
> Labels: gsoc2018
>
> As discussed in 2015 at
> [https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7287,] this idea was
> ideal for GSOC but there was a problem with a deadline missed.
>
> Apache SpamAssassin is a mail filter to identify spam. It is an intelligent
> email filter which uses a diverse range of tests to identify unsolicited bulk
> email, more commonly known as Spam. These tests are applied to email headers
> and content to classify email using advanced statistical methods.
> In addition, SpamAssassin has a modular architecture that allows other
> technologies to be quickly wielded against spam and is designed for easy
> integration into virtually any email system.
> It is primarily written in Perl with a few bits in C and shell scripts for
> system integration.
> The compendium at
> https://raptor.pccc.com/raptor.cgim?template=email_spam_compendium is helpful
> to understand some of the concepts with SpamAssassin
> It will be helpful for a student in this project to understand SMTP but a
> willingness to learn and setup your own mail server on a Linux Distribution
> with SpamAssassin for a personal test domain will be very desired with
> assistance provided to get the basic framework for a sandbox for learning.
> As email becomes more commodotized by major providers, knowledge of email
> systems and their security is dwindling. This opportunity can provide
> real-world experience with an email security product that is employed by
> countless commercial systems in the world.
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