SpamAssassin includes bayesian filtering... It is a little tuff to config, but I can eliminate 95 percent of my spam, and more every day... The better you teach it, the better it is. kp On Sun, 18 Jan 2004, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > Hi Cheryl and or others who may be in the know, > > Are there things like Bayesian filters under Linux? (Filters that > learn what's spam as you go rather than relying on a blacklist) > - -----Original msg below----- > On 18 Jan 2004 06:26:35 (my local time 13:26:35), you typed:: > CH> Can anybody tell me if there's a way to get rid of these stupid emails > CH> about viagra, sex, how to get drugs online without a prescription, and > CH> other horrible and/or stupid stuff. I know there's spamassassin, but since > CH> the emails come with different subject headings, often innocent or > CH> important-looking ones, and they're always purportedly from different > CH> people, I don't know how to get rid of them. I never knowingly did > CH> anything to solicit such stuff, and email used to be a complete pleasure, > CH> but sometime this summer this kind of junk started becoming prevalent. Of > CH> course, I usually can avoid reading it; if it tells me to pick up my order > CH> for instance and i don't have an order to be picked up I delete it, and if > CH> it's supposedly to me but the index in pine doesn't give a name or email I > CH> know I delete it. but really, I don't even want the stuff coming here. > CH> Thanks for any suggestions. I'm really frustrated!!! > > > > - -- > /Krister > crisekstrom at bredband.net > Get pgp keys here: mailto:crisekstrom at bredband.net?subject=get_pgp_keys > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-nr2 (Windows XP) > > iD8DBQFACoxfODlJeoMTOQsRA4PJAJ9F4NYJiN9mCojCh13+iYxMNU3u0gCffvZj > 4Jfizb6Ud1CPa+ZiU3BrfFI= > =Q6H6 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
