[SLUG] Suggested spam detection project

From: steve szmidt (steve@szmidt.org)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 17:50:06 EDT


One thing which can be an effective tool in recognizing spam is the email name
used. Usually it cannot even be pronounced.

A script which counts the number of colliding consonants, or percentage of
consonants in the name, can probably detect a high percentage.

For those using kmail there is already a built-in ability to do this kind of
script processing, if I read it right.

-- 

Steve Szmidt

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