On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Ed Gerck wrote: > > > Dean Anderson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Ed Gerck wrote: > > > > > Dean Anderson wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Ed Gerck wrote: > > > > > What information theory says is that the probability of detecting > > > > > spam is less than 100%. > > > > > > > > No, information theory doesn't say that at all. > > > > > > Sure it says, and that's why a spam filter will never be 100% > > > effective. I guess we agreed on this before ;-) > > > > I think you must have missed my message noting our disagreement. > > http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/ietf/Current/msg24213.html > > Let me make sure. You think then that a spam filter can be 100% > efficient? If you do, please log off and go sell it. If you > don't then I agree with you. No, that isn't what I said. You need to re-read the message. It is fairly clear. --Dean