On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 11:56:16PM -0400, Chester R. Hosey wrote:
> > All features listed in "What's New" page are part of Razor2. We had to
> > switch off Nilsimsa temporarily because of a high rate of collisions. I'm
> > working on modifications to the algorithm as well as comparing methodology
> > which will be introduced as a new engine. The ETA is not known, there's a
> > whole lot of other things I have to divide my time with. When introduced,
> > the new algorithm will catch polymorphisms that ehash is not already
> > detecting.
> 
> And what of Ephemeral Signatures? Where is this documented in a way that
> will not lead new users to believe that these features are working and
> stable?

Ephemeral Signatures are working and stable. Empirically, they detect
about 85% of spam that contain mutations/randomizations. 15% are missed,
which is what Nilsimsa/Spamsum is supposed to address.

> - Having a highly visible, fairly up-to-date list of known issues and
>   disabled features would greatly reduce the frustration and wasted time
>   involved in learning to use Razor, a product intended to reduce
>   frustration and wasted time.

This is definitely a clear, constructive suggestion. It was lost in your
previous mail that tried to draw attention by being ill-informed,
insulting and speculative.

cheers,
vipul.

-- 

Vipul Ved Prakash          |   "The future is here, it's just not 
Software Design Artist     |    widely distributed yet."
http://vipul.net/          |              -- William Gibson



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