> -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2004 9:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: usefulness of --ham-ing my SENT mail? > > > > Discussing spamassassin with some people over dinner, we wondered > whether a good source of hammy data might be messages I create myself > and send out. Presumably, I talk about the same subjects and use > similar words as the people I email with most frequently, and I'd get > the added benefit that any reply with my message (or parts of it) in > the body would already have been learned as ham. (and only > people i've > emailed would have that data, not spammers)
This is absolutely a good idea. There is no faster way to get a custom Bayes DB going for a company or person then to feed it outbound ham. This was covered a little at the MIT spam conference. No flame, just do it :) --Chris (Waiting for Disney IT to head hunt me!) Santerre :-)
