Re: I have some bad news

2016-09-07 Thread Bill Cole
On 6 Sep 2016, at 16:04, do...@mail.com wrote: On Mon, 05 Sep 2016 20:17:18 "Bill Cole" wrote: On 4 Sep 2016, at 21:11, @lbutlr wrote: On Sep 1, 2016, at 7:41 PM, David Niklas > [do...@mail.com]() wrote: Would you like to go out to lunch? Other than your message,

Re: I have some bad news

2016-09-06 Thread doark
On Mon, 05 Sep 2016 20:17:18 "Bill Cole" wrote: > On 4 Sep 2016, at 21:11, @lbutlr wrote: > > > On Sep 1, 2016, at 7:41 PM, David Niklas > > > [do...@mail.com]() wrote: > >> > >> Would you like to go out to lunch? > > > > Other than your message, that phrase does not

Re: I have some bad news

2016-09-05 Thread Dave Warren
On Sun, Sep 4, 2016, at 18:11, @lbutlr wrote: > On Sep 1, 2016, at 7:41 PM, David Niklas wrote: >> >> Would you like to go out to lunch? > > Other than your message, that phrase does not appear in 7 years of > my mail. And? Replace the string with an example that does appear

Re: I have some bad news

2016-09-05 Thread Bill Cole
On 4 Sep 2016, at 21:11, @lbutlr wrote: On Sep 1, 2016, at 7:41 PM, David Niklas [do...@mail.com]() wrote: Would you like to go out to lunch? Other than your message, that phrase does not appear in 7 years of my mail. It's in hash-buster/bayes-buster parts

Re: I have some bad news

2016-09-05 Thread @lbutlr
On Sep 1, 2016, at 7:41 PM, David Niklas wrote:Would you like to go out to lunch?Other than your message, that phrase does not appear in 7 years of my mail.

Re: I have some bad news

2016-09-01 Thread David Niklas
k me up with the > right person(s) there I would appreciate it. And I'm willing to work > with anyone else that can make use of my work. (My way of cheating > death.) > > Below is a letter I wrote to EFF staff where I used to work. It > summarizes my situation. I'm still doing well consid

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-25 Thread @lbutlr
On 15 Aug 2016, at 23:22, Marc Perkel wrote: > Well, this is kind of hard to say so just going to say it. I have stage 4 > lung cancer and the probably spectrum is not good. I've been fighting spam > for the last 15 years and I'd like to keep fighting spam from the

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-25 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
On 8/19/2016 3:34 AM, Ram wrote: Marc thats too bad. But stage 4 lung cancer does not mean you have to die of it. And chill about spam. I know you have been great at contributions to anti-spam ( and we all remember your distinct hate of SPF :-) ). But antispam is just "commodity" technology.

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-19 Thread Benny Pedersen
On 2016-08-19 12:34, Ram wrote: And chill about spam. I know you have been great at contributions to anti-spam ( and we all remember your distinct hate of SPF :-) ). But antispam is just "commodity" technology. sid-milter is at fault, i think more users now use pypolicyd-spf to get rid of

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-18 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 17.08.16 11:02, Marc Perkel wrote: For what it's worth I have noticed that people who are familiar with Bayesian filtering seem to have a mental block when it comes to understanding this. People who know nothing about bayesian get it instantly. Here's the actual formula. card(Test_message

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread Marc Perkel
For what it's worth I have noticed that people who are familiar with Bayesian filtering seem to have a mental block when it comes to understanding this. People who know nothing about bayesian get it instantly. Here's the actual formula. card(Test_message intersect Spam diff Ham) minus

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread Marc Perkel
On 08/17/16 03:51, Antony Stone wrote: On Wednesday 17 August 2016 at 05:06:50, Marc Perkel wrote: What I'm doing is looking for fingerprints in email that intersect HAM and not in SPAM - which would be a HAM result. If it matches SPAM and does NOT match HAM - then it's SPAM. The magic is

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread Marc Perkel
On 08/17/16 03:43, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: On 16.08.16 20:06, Marc Perkel wrote: What I'm doing is looking for fingerprints in email that intersect HAM and not in SPAM - which would be a HAM result. If it matches SPAM and does NOT match HAM - then it's SPAM. The magic is in the NOT

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread shanew
I'm finding this discussion interesting, because I've been trying to wrap my head around the theoretical basis of this system. As such, I've noticed that several questions have been asked now that are explained in the document Marc initially pointed to

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
On Aug 17, 2016, at 3:43 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas > wrote: On 16.08.16 20:06, Marc Perkel wrote: What I'm doing is looking for fingerprints in email that intersect HAM and not in SPAM - which would be a HAM result. If it matches SPAM and does NOT

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread Antony Stone
On Wednesday 17 August 2016 at 05:06:50, Marc Perkel wrote: > What I'm doing is looking for fingerprints in email that intersect HAM > and not in SPAM - which would be a HAM result. > If it matches SPAM and does NOT match HAM - then it's SPAM. > > The magic is in the NOT matching on the other

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-17 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 16.08.16 20:06, Marc Perkel wrote: What I'm doing is looking for fingerprints in email that intersect HAM and not in SPAM - which would be a HAM result. If it matches SPAM and does NOT match HAM - then it's SPAM. The magic is in the NOT matching on the other side. so, if mail matches both

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-16 Thread Marc Perkel
Hi Shawn, What I'm doing is looking for fingerprints in email that intersect HAM and not in SPAM - which would be a HAM result. If it matches SPAM and does NOT match HAM - then it's SPAM. The magic is in the NOT matching on the other side. So if I say to you, "Let's get some lunch" that's

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-16 Thread Marc Perkel
On 08/16/16 15:22, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: I read though the site, and here's why I probably couldn't implement it, at least not as it stands now. SpamAssassin basically depends on a diet of spam to feed the learner. The learner learns what is spam. If you add some ham into the learner it

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-16 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
On 8/16/2016 6:45 AM, Marc Perkel wrote: Thanks for the encouragement Ted. Unfortunately I know way too much about mathematics and I have a deep understanding of probability spectrums. There's a curve and I'm going to be somewhere on it. If I'm lucky I might be here for some time. But my life

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-16 Thread Shawn Bakhtiar
Marc, Let me first say I am truly sorry to here about your cancer. I lost my father to cancer just over a decade ago, after a long battle with sarcoma of the throat and tongue. So I pray and wish you the best. I sent this to you in January 2016 (don't recall if I ever got a reply to it) but

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-16 Thread Marc Perkel
Thanks for the encouragement Ted. Unfortunately I know way too much about mathematics and I have a deep understanding of probability spectrums. There's a curve and I'm going to be somewhere on it. If I'm lucky I might be here for some time. But my life is a casino right now. And yes - there is

Re: I have some bad news

2016-08-16 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
EFF staff where I used to work. It summarizes my situation. I'm still doing well considering. Hi Cindy, Hate to ruin your Monday morning but I have some bad news. I have stage 4 lung cancer and the odds are not with me. I'm slowly telling the world and realizing the the problem with having so many fr

I have some bad news

2016-08-15 Thread Marc Perkel
used to work. It summarizes my situation. I'm still doing well considering. Hi Cindy, Hate to ruin your Monday morning but I have some bad news. I have stage 4 lung cancer and the odds are not with me. I'm slowly telling the world and realizing the the problem with having so many friends