[spambayes-dev] Media enquiry

Anthony Baxter anthony at interlink.com.au
Fri Oct 20 10:29:32 CEST 2006


> I'm currently writing a column in PC Authority magazine
> (www.pcauthority.com.au <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/> ) on the new wave
> of spam that use randomised or semi-randomised words to confound Bayesian
> filters.

I can take this, cos it's in my timezone, if no-one else wants to. I figure 
the key point about the random word spam is that it's just trying to 
overwhelm the bayesian filters. Personally, I'm finding them _slightly_ 
effective (2 or 3 a day slip through if they hit the right words) but not 
significantly more than that. Fundamentally, they still have to put words in 
that sell a product, and that screws them over. 

Anthony


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