fre, 2003-02-14 kl. 19:50 skrev Matt Kettler: > Which proposed rules are used and which are rejected is also a strictly > results-oriented process.. generally based on looking at the number of spam > and nonspam hits a rule generates. Generally the S/O ratio is used as a > first measure of the quality of a rule.
Thanks Matt. That's what I'd more or less guessed. Based on purely personal impressions, watching headers and tactics, it seems that the average spammer is of less than average intelligence. He neither knows his subject, his target or his aim in full. The ultimate example is the Nigeria-con spammer who might be presumed to have invented a far more profitable con, had he/she been capable of it. Though who knows? The maxim "there's one born every minute" might well be true. The exceptions are the innovators: base64 bodies, spamarrest.com, single-line, single-url porn sites etc. Those will be on to something new tomorrow and leave all 99% of the others behind. "What makes them tick?" dreams of money, pestering, "cleverer than the victim", revenge, something to do to alleviate boredom, feeling unloved, wanting contact with others - what? Best, Tony -- Tony Earnshaw When you rob a person of his illusions, you are robbing him of his happiness e-post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.billy.demon.nl ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: FREE SSL Guide from Thawte are you planning your Web Server Security? Click here to get a FREE Thawte SSL guide and find the answers to all your SSL security issues. http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0026en _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
