Hello Logan, Sunday, November 23, 2003, 2:51:18 PM, you wrote:
LH> The point of using the old version of SpamAssassin was to show how LH> much the technology has changed in the last few years. That was LH> stated in my original article but edited out of the final version. (I LH> love copy editors.) Then it would have been good to have tested BOTH versions of SpamAssassin, and to have compared them just as you compared each of the commercial products against the ancient and aged version 2.44. The result of your article was simply to denegrate one of the best anti-spam packages available. You have experience with copy editors. Could you have submitted an article to them that wouldn't have been so anti-SpamAssassin? Will there be a correction printed in the next edition? Bob Menschel LH> Thanks, LH> Logan G. Harbaugh LH> 530 222-1164 LH> 693 Reddington Drive LH> Redding, CA 96003 LH> www.lharba.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Menschel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 2:46 PM > To: Logan G. Harbaugh > Subject: http://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/14/45FEspam_1.html?s=tc > Dear Mr. Harbaugh, > In your article, you state, >> The five products I tested: ... and SpamAssassin 2.44, an open source >> spam filter included with Red Hat Linux 9. > and >> In contrast to the commercial products, SpamAssassin represents an >> older, first-generation anti-spam solution, and its age showed in my >> tests. It filtered only 62 percent of spam, ... > Why would you intentionally test an ancient version (2.44) of a product, and > then blame its age on the product? > Version 2.5x was available in April or May, and version 2.60 was released > last month. Version 2.5x made great strides against spam, implementing not > only new rules-based filtering capabilities, but also a Bayes database > methodology. 2.6x has continued the improvement. > Run version 2.60 with network and Bayes checks activated, and SpamAssassin > will easily catch 95% of all spam. Spend just a little time tweaking the > scores and adding a few rules, and you can reach 99%. > My system consistently runs at 99.8% or higher. (Last week I processed over > 5000 spam messages, of which only 5 slipped past SpamAssassin's filtering.) > Your report penalized SpamAssassin, not because of anything SpamAssassin > does or does not do, but because you yourself used an ancient version of the > product supplied by RedHat. You penalized SpamAssassin because RedHat > provides an old version. IMO that is a serious disservice to your readers. > Do be more careful in the future. > Robert Menschel > SpamMaster > www.contractorswarehouse.com, www.xeper.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
