[David MacQuigg] > The key new features needed in a spam filter are the ability to > extract the sender's identity (not that of the latest forwarder), and > to factor into the spam score the reputation of that identity.
This will only work if your system is immune to forgeries, while being largely widespread. > In the flow we envision, the spam filter is the final process, used > only on the 5% that is hard to classify. 80% will get an immediate > reject. 15% will get an immediate accept without filtering, because > the sender is authenticated and has a good reputation. Eventually, > all reputable senders will join the 15%, and the 5% will shrink to > where we can ignore it. It's fun to read statistics about a vision! :-) > >You might find www.spambayes.org of interest, in several ways. Spambayes is surprisingly good as it already stands. -- François Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
