Re: [SLUG] Suggested spam detection project

From: Logan Tygart (thelogan@allyourbase-arebelongto.us)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2006 - 20:13:38 EDT


On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 19:32 -0400, steve szmidt wrote:
> On Tuesday 17 October 2006 18:11, Levi Bard wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Domain basename 'szmidt' - 85% consonant - flagged as spam. ;-)
>
> No, on the name - not the domain... :)

Sounds like a recipe for false positives.

Logan

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