[Spambayes] Latest spammer trick stymied - QUESTION
Meyer, Tony
T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz
Tue Apr 1 14:06:30 EST 2003
[Neale]
> I think there ought to be a FAQ on the web page somehwere, to the tune
of:
>
> Q: Hey! Why don't you implement cool tokenizer trick X? I think it
> would really foil those spammers!
>
> A: Have you run your tokenizer trick against a set of messages to see
if
> it actually works? Many times what seems like a good idea turns
out
> not to help much, and sometimes even hurts. If you have a good
idea,
> you've run it against a batch of messages and can prove that it
> helps, paste the code for your technique and the proof to the
mailing
> list. Otherwise, you will likely get a message from Tim Peters
about
> why you need to test your idea :)
+1
I would also suggest that if they are not coders, and don't wish to be,
then they could try posting a feature request via the sf system.
=Tony Meyer
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