> Anyway, it's for Exchange (mailservers), and Spambayes isn't: > it is for the end user with his individual mail client.
Yes, I understand that. My point was that some vendors are specifically claiming good success with image spam, whereas my experience is that SpamBayes doesn't handle it too well. > It already does that for me. Doesn't it do that for you? There's one particular type of image spam I get hundreds of every month. It's an image promo for an investment stock. The specific stock promoted changes almost daily. The image is always followed by a large amount of non-spam-type text on various subjects, which is apparently what fools SpamBayes. It catches a few of these, but misses an awful lot, and (subjectively) doesn't seem to be improving. More often than not these messages get rated at 0%. I have a stock of these spam messages if anyone wants to look at them. > What version do you use? I've been using the Outlook plug-in for years. Been on v1.0.4 since not long after it was released. TIA - Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Amedee Van Gasse > Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:25 AM > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Spambayes] A fix for image spam??? > > > > Op vrijdag 05-01-2007 om 08:26 uur [tijdzone +1000], schreef > Bill Hely: > > As a long-time SpamBayes user who finds that SpamBayes seems to > > be relatively helpless against image spam, I'm looking for > > informed comment on the following, received from Sunbelt > > Software: > > > > Start Quote > > > > Does your Antispam solution catch Image Spam? Ninja Does! > > > > Rather than using possibly unpredictable heuristics or > > computationally expensive optical character recognition, Ninja > > uses fingerprinting algorithms that generate identities from a > > single piece of content. Leveraging the power of the Cloudmark > > engine, fingerprinting algorithms offer the most efficient and > > robust Image Spam protection to date! > > > > Stop Image Spam today, with this free 30 day Messaging Ninja for > > Exchange trial: > > http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja-Download.cf > > m > > When I read how Cloudmark fingerprinting works, I get the > impression it > does the same as most bayes-based spamfilters, only on a much larger > scale. > Anyway, it's for Exchange (mailservers), and Spambayes isn't: > it is for > the end user with his individual mail client. > > > Can SpamBayes ever conquer image spam to ant substantial degree? > > It already does that for me. Doesn't it do that for you? What > version do > you use? > > -- > Amedee Van Gasse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- We take security very seriously. All outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. To boost YOUR security visit The Hacker's Nightmare: http://HackersNightmare.com "How to keep hackers, worms and other germs out of your PC." Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.4/615 - Release Date: 3/01/2007 1:34 PM _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
