Dichotomy...

Tired of sorting spam? Tired of those sneaky bastards doing things like v*a*l*i*u*m or pen1s to confuse your filters in outlook or hotmail? You should give this a try. It's based on a Bayesian algorithm (no, you don't need to understand or remember statistics for it to work well, although the algorithm itself is fascinating for those that do) which learns as you use it. So far it's been 100% effective at determining what is and isn't spam. Just save up a couple days worth of spam (you may remember that this image was only 24 hours worth) to train the filter with in addition to all the good mail you have on hand. Then let it go and keep an eye on it for the first week to make sure it's not accidentally sorting out anything you need to keep and I've found that it works wonders on my inboxes.

Posted by Rev. Adam on Saturday, April 17, 2004 at 6:06 PM | Permalink