Hello Eli,
I cannot speak for Apache or the Apache SpamAssassin project. The concept
of partnering with us is not a common or simple endeavor. That is a dead
end in my opinion.
However, I am a project management committee {pmc} member and have spent
nearly 25 years battling spammers. I think I can help. Please email me
off-list and I can discuss how I can help.
I am also cc'ing the pmc list for SpamAssassin in case others have ideas or
wish to chime in.
Regards,
KAM
On Thu, Jul 2, 2020, 23:44 Eli Ecanow <eeca...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Apache Development Team,
>
> My name is Eli Ecanow and I am carrying out the project under the
> supervision of the FBI LA citizens academy. I am an undergraduate student
> studying computer science at the University of Michigan and am working
> alongside 4 undergraduate students studying Computer Science at MIT. The
> Apache Project I am interested in is SpamAssassin. My team and I are
> working to create an app which allows users to enter emails they receive
> which appear to be spam or phishing scams. We started the project
> approximately a month ago. We expect to be done with the project by the end
> of the month of July. We have made some immense progress but we are having
> trouble with the language processing piece of the code which helps give a
> rating for each fraudulent email that is passed through the system based on
> language analysis. We are impressed by project SpamAssassin and
> specifically the language processing piece of your code because that is the
> only part we are struggling with. If there is a mentor of Apache staff that
> could help us better navigate that part of the code in the API, we would
> greatly appreciate it. If this project is successfully completed it will
> help identify and prevent many phishing scams for the future and better
> educate citizens in the United States on how to better identify phishing
> scams and not fall victim to them. We are a non-profit organization, and
> everyone working on the project is doing it pro-bono. While this is not
> directly contributing to an Apache project, I know that Apache already does
> outstanding work with tracking, identifying, and recording different cyber
> scams. This project will help contribute to Apache’s general goal to be
> civically engaged and help protect citizens across the country from
> malicious cyber crimes. I work around 35-40 hours a week on the project
> along with my partners. If we could get some guidance from one of your
> mentors, I am confident our app will be finished by our expected end date
> and do great work. We would be willing to officially partner with Apache if
> you would be willing to lend us some guidance. Please let me know if you
> have any questions or concerns.
>
> Best,
> Eli Ecanow
>
