In FIDO.XPOINT on 20.10.03 (received 20.10.03)
Robert Bull  uttered
on the subject "new beta Version OpenXP (3.8.13)":


CB>> - Bayes-Spam-filter using SQLite

RB> Read about that in "New Scientist" magazine recently.  That's the
RB> latest "self-educating" anti-spam technology that tries to find
RB> patterns so it can remove e-mails that match them?

Yes, it is. The algorithm uses statistical methods in order to compute a  
probability for a message being spam. After some "learning" the hit  
rates are very good and there are nearly no false positives. The  
"learning" is necessary because there will be differences what a user  
regards as spam and "ham" (not spam) and of course in the kind of  
messages someone receives.





MfG / Regards
               Christian


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