taken from siug list: > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Felix Rauch > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SIUG-discuss] IEEE Technical Event: "Annoying Spam and > Efficient Filters" > > > Ich darf hier auf einen Anlass der "IEEE Switzerland" aufmerksam > machen, das einige interessieren koennte. Um Anmeldung wird gebeten > (siehe unten). > > - Felix > > > 1. IEEE Technical Event: > Wednesday, October 29, 17:00, ETH Z�rich, IFW A36 > "Annoying Spam and Efficient Filters" by > Sandro Hollenstein (IBM Research Lab R�schlikon) > For details see below. > please register at: bettina.bauer #at# ieee.org > > [...] > > 1. IEEE Technical Event: > > "Annoying Spam and Efficient Filters" by Sandro Hollenstein > (IBM R�schlikon) > > Spam is a rampant problem, at least for some of us, with the distinct > characteristic of being annoying. My presentation will review > different aspects of spam filtering and present a statistical Bayesian > spam filter. > > A short introduction will be followed by the definition and history of > spam. I will outline general problems that arise with regards to mail > filtering. I will also talk about the different levels of spam > filtering and different methods for separating 'ham' from 'spam'. This > will range from filtering on the network level with no end-user > interaction to filtering spam in the user's mail client where the user > defines what is spam and what is not. > > Since Paul Graham published "A Plan for Spam", his Bayesian > statistical mail filtering method for sorting incoming messages into > spam and non spam sets has rapidly become the method of choice for > single-ended spam filters. I will explain and demonstrate such a spam > filter. I will also point to some open-source projects for Bayesian > spam filters. > > Finally, I will outline other plans to stop spam, ranging from legal > measures to charging the sender of e-mail. I will demonstrate what > spammers try to do to get past filters and how spam might evolve in > the future. > > [...] > > IEEE Switzerland Section News > > > > -- > Felix Rauch, research assistant at laboratory for > computersystems, ETH Zuerich > http://www.nice.ch/~felix/ Member of Swiss Internet User > Group: www.siug.ch > This article contains my personal view only! Use of my addresses > for marketing > purposes is hereby strictly prohibited according to swiss privacy laws. > > _______________________________________________ > siug-discuss mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://your.trash.net/mailman/listinfo.cgi/siug-discuss > > Dies ist eine oeffentliche Mailingliste. Die einzelnen Beitraege > widerspiegeln die Meinung des Autors und nicht unbedingt > diejenige der SIUG. >
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