Craig Hughes wrote: > I think the probably most effective blacklist-type use of the AWL > would be in > calculating zero-frequency a-priori probabilities for new > recipients who were > not previously in the AWL. As I mentioned before, if after say 1 month of > populating the AWL through normal correspondence, a new never-before-seen > recipient is encountered, I think that's probably a sign of spamminess.
Actually this isn't true for everyone. I get 2-3 emails a day from people who have never contacted me before, asking questions about my books or web sites. None of them are spam. I would think anyone who handles webmaster or customer service email would be in the same situation. What I think would be nice would be an explicit blacklist - spamassassin -r could set the sender's address to blacklisted in the AWL. This would eliminate those occasions where the AWL causes false negatives. -- michael moncur mgm at starlingtech.com http://www.starlingtech.com/ "The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." -- Douglas Adams _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
