From: Miles Fidelman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dan wrote: > > I've developed a new approach to scoring that I want to 1) share with > > everyone and 2) make into a working system thats as accurate as what > > I've already built, but easier to use. First, the theory: > > > > NEW ASSUMPTION > > All messages are spam unless x,y,z score says they're ham. > > > > NEW APPROACH > > Block everything, then create rules to not catch what you do want. > > ie, build tests that target the spam (keeping all the tests you've > > already built), then score the thousands of ways ham triggers on those > > tests. > It strikes me that the hardest part of this approach is filtering out > too much ham. At least for me, it's more important to make sure that > people reach me, than to filter out all spam. If we take the approach > that everything is to be filtered out, except x,y,z - then the risk of > filtering out too much seems pretty high.
I definitely agree with you. By the way, if Dan really brought a new perspective to us (i.e.: a new way to detect ham), what would stop us in integrating it into SA? I would like to see this new perspective, however... Giampaolo
