On Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 07:15:51PM -0500, Igor Izyumin wrote:
> Besides, what happens if the spam filter catches a non-spam email?  You can 
> never trust those systems, because they are pretty stupid.  Only sufficiently 
> advanced users should be using them, and only when they know the 
> consequences.  The best solution to the spam problem is to not stick your 
> email into every form out there (or to have a "junk" email addy on hotmail or 
> something).  Trying to filter spam with stupid keyword-based tools 
> (spamassassin) is dangerous, and making it a default is insane.

spamassassin isn't keyword based it's score based.  Putting "penis
enlargement" in this email isn't going to cause everyone's spam assassin
to score my email as spam.  And spam assassin just tags email as
suspected spam what you do with it is completely up to you...

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Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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If your love has no hope of being welcomed do not voice it; for if it 
be silent it can endure, a guarded flame, within you.
- The Wisdom of the Sands

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