----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Rifkinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TB! UDL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 20 November 2001 1:02 pm Subject: filtering on language
> Hello TB! Listers. > > I've been getting a lot of msgs like the one below & its > really annoying. > > ----------------> Original Message Starts <-------------- > www.internethaber.com yilin en iyi > ancorhman_n_ belirliyor. > Siz de oy kullanarak tercihinizi koyun. > > www.internethaber.com ve www.gazeteoku.com > ile biz haberin tekelini kirdik; gelin siz > de bu siteleri ziyaret ederek, bu tekeli > kirin. > -----------------> Original Message Ends <--------------- > > Can anyone imagine a built in macro that identifies > language used, i.e. "%IF not %English"? Does anyone think > this is even possible? It's certainly possible through some sort of dictionary comparison, but that would probably be fatally slow on modest PCs (imagine checking a 2,000 word email :) There may be more clever statistical methods - the above is Turkish, and it's pretty obvious the relative frequency of various letters (eg "z" and "i") is entirely different from that of English - but more similar languages (eg two Indo-European ones ;) might not be so simple to differentiate. I am not a professional linguist so I can't comment definitively. Alastair _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.messagelabs.com/stats.asp -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
