Gmail Spam Filter Testing

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Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam

Spammer Complies With CAN-SPAM, Claims
ISPs Should Not Filter His Spam 05/20/2004 07:05 PM
Ronnie Scelson is one of the shortlist of spammers who just seems to love publicity. While many spammers like to hide away, Scelson's always willing to talk. He testified before the Senate Commerce Committee today, claiming that he is now compl ying with CAN-SPAM, but threatened to ignore the law if not enough of his spam messages were getting through filters. He actually has the audacity to complain that now that CAN-SPAM is in effect, ISPs should be required to let his mail through. Maybe the filters are a little to thick around his head and the message isn't getting through to him: the reason his spam is filtered is because people don't want it.

Load Testing Gmail

Load Testing Gmail 07/27/2004 02:43 AM

Appears you can fill Gmail's 1 gig of storage quite quickly if you ask people to send you 5 meg attachments on national TV. Interesting results to the request. [Ke vin Rose]

Which Spam Filter Are You?

Which Spam Filter Are You? 03/12/2003 01:46 AM
Avoid the whole episode in the first place via an unlisted phone number. Do a Google search to prove to the caller that much better deals are available online. ...

3G Spam Filter

3G Spam Filter 02/10/2004 06:56 AM
3G Feb 10 2004 9:46AM GMT

Quick Spam Filter 0.9.6

Quick Spam Filter 0.9.6 11/14/2003 09:48 PM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.9

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.9 09/22/2004 03:01 PM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.14

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.14 09/26/2004 05:29 PM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Quick Spam Filter 0.9.12

Quick Spam Filter 0.9.12 01/01/2004 11:07 AM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.2

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.2 04/28/2004 09:46 PM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.6

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.6 06/22/2004 10:12 PM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Hiding Behind a Spam Filter?

Hiding Behind a Spam Filter? 12/30/2004 02:05 PM
AOL is doing a decent job tackling spam, but it's also doing some spin doctoring in the process.

Quick Spam Filter 0.9.18

Quick Spam Filter 0.9.18 01/06/2004 01:18 PM
A fast statistical spam filter.

Human Spam Filter

Human Spam Filter 08/05/2004 08:41 AM
I wonder if there are anyone out there who will want to employ me to be their human spam filter. I'll do nothing the whole day except to read e-mail and to manully tag junk e-mails and spam. Guaranteed 100 percent accuracy only after, say, 1 week of training.
But seriously, folks. For those who depend on the e-mail inbox for their livelihood, this seems to be a service that will be valuable. What do you think?

Personal Outgoing Spam Filter

Personal Outgoing Spam Filter 01/22/2004 02:12 AM

Most spam filters work on incoming mail.  There are some outgoing mail spam filter at mail server level, but not at the e-mail client level.  Spam filter at the e-mail client level allows the sender to avoid sending messages likely to be blocked by spam filters at the destination.

My theory is that spam filters among people with similar interests are alike.  I have no evidence to back this theory but, if true, then if my spam filter thinks a message I am about to send is a spam, then the spam filter used by the person I am sending the message to will think so as well.

DSPAM v3.0 RC1 Spam Filter Released

DSPAM v3.0 RC1 Spam Filter Released 05/31/2004 01:49 PM

WinDSPAM Statistical Spam Filter

WinDSPAM Statistical Spam Filter 07/27/2004 11:11 PM
WinDSPAM Engine 1.0.0.0 alpha Released

SpamProbe - fast bayesian spam filter

SpamProbe - fast bayesian spam filter 03/27/2005 10:08 AM
spamprobe-1.1x6 released

'SmartScreen' Spam Filter Ready for
Exchange

'SmartScreen' Spam Filter Ready for
Exchange 11/18/2003 12:12 AM
Boston.Internet.com Nov 17 2003 11:55PM ET

PC World Rates Anti-Spam Filter at
99.63%

PC World Rates Anti-Spam Filter at
99.63% 04/05/2005 02:17 AM
Scottsdale, AZ - On the heals of being awarded PC Magazine's Editors' Choice Award ™ for anti-spam filtering accuracy and functionality, OnlyMyEmail.com has now been tested by PC World, with spam-filtering reported at 99.63% effective. [PRWEB Apr 5, 2005]

Training Annoyance Filter to combat spam

Training Annoyance Filter to combat spam 10/30/2003 11:59 PM
Last time we looked at the problem of spam, and at Bayesian filtering software as a possible solution. Having settled on Annoyance Filter as a product to use to battle spam, we now need to install the software and learn how to use it, before proceeding to integrate it with our e-mail client.

Getting to Know Apple Mail's Spam Filter
(24-May-2004; 14.3K)

Getting to Know Apple Mail's Spam Filter
(24-May-2004; 14.3K) 05/24/2004 09:58 PM

ATTN: Curtis, check your spam filter!

ATTN: Curtis, check your spam filter! 09/14/2004 09:28 AM

Sorry to post this here, but this is a last resort. I have a customer named Curtis who purchased FeedDemon via PayPal, and he keeps emailing me asking for his registration information. Unfortunately, I've already emailed his registration information - several times.

Curtis, if you're reading this, most likely you've got a spam filter that's wrongly blocking email from the bradsoft.com domain. Please correct this problem, then contact me again so I can make sure you get your registration information. And let me know your phone number in case my next email to you bounces!

bogofilter -- Fast Bayesian Spam Filter

bogofilter -- Fast Bayesian Spam Filter 03/16/2003 01:31 PM
bogofilter-0.11.1.3 - new stable release

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.15 (Default
branch)

Quick Spam Filter 1.0.15 (Default
branch) 02/05/2005 09:33 PM
Quick Spam Filter is a small, fast spam filter that works by learning to recognise the words that are more likely to appear in spam than non-spam. It is intended to be used in a procmail recipe to mark email as being possible spam.

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Changes:
Build fixes and improvements were made for RPM-based systems.

Install ASSP to filter spam at the SMTP
level

Install ASSP to filter spam at the SMTP
level 01/23/2004 02:19 PM
I've really been enjoying ASSP (Anti-Spam SMTP Proxy) since I installed it about a month ago. Basically, it can be used by anyone who has access to their SMTP daemon and has perl installed (ie, OS X, Linux or Windows), which ...

BlackHole Spam/Virus Filter 0.9.107
(Stable) released

BlackHole Spam/Virus Filter 0.9.107
(Stable) released 07/09/2002 12:52 AM
Blackhole Spam/Virus Filter provides spam and virus filtering using dot-files in all the major MTA/SMTP servers for UNIX and similar systems. It is easy for an individual user to set it up with shell account access and configure. It is different from other, similar programs, in that it executes a minimal number of programs to do the filtering, is able to use a MySQL database for the users' configuration files, can be set up as the queue in Qmail, and have virtual users' configuration files be found using the username/domain for the recipient. Multiple checks are available, and there open options on how to treat flagged email. There is logging to multiple entities, auto-expiration of flagged email, and scoring available so that multiple checks require matches that add up before blocking.

Spammer Thinks About Offering Anti-Spam
Filter

Spammer Thinks About Offering Anti-Spam
Filter 07/07/2004 12:44 PM
The latest poster boy for spammers is Scott Richter, who gives a fairly extensive interview with PC World where he claims, among other things that he's not a spammer, that he's making "the Internet a better place with e-mail marketing," and that he may start selling an anti-spam filter. It's funny because he continues to insist that he's not a spammer, but talks about how, without him, all those anti-spam companies would be out of business -- so they need him the way doctors need tobacco companies to keep people smoking.

SMTP Proxy Server as spam/virus filter

SMTP Proxy Server as spam/virus filter 06/18/2004 04:47 AM
Welcome to new developer adel_acameron

Microsoft Plans New E-Mail Filter To
Screen Spam

Microsoft Plans New E-Mail Filter To
Screen Spam 11/18/2003 07:03 AM
Media Post Nov 18 2003 6:10AM ET

MS offers free spam filter to users of
Exchange 2003

MS offers free spam filter to users of
Exchange 2003 06/10/2004 02:27 PM
MS Exchange 2003 users may enjoy the new option that comes with Exchange 2003, Microsoft’s free spam solution “Intellegent Message Filter”. Early criticisms of the system include concerns regarding how often updates will be available as well as a mention of False - Positive review become an email administrator’s job taking the function away from users.

Exchange Intelligent Message Filter
(Anti Spam Tool)

Exchange Intelligent Message Filter
(Anti Spam Tool) 05/27/2004 03:09 AM
Intelligent Message Filter is based on Microsoft SmartScreen Technology from Microsoft Research. By using e-mail characteristics tracked by SmartScreen technology, Intelligent Message Filter can help determine whether each incoming e-mail message is likely to be spam. Based on this likelihood, you can choose to block e-mail messages at the gateway or at the mailbox store. For more information about Intelligent Message Filter, see Exchange Intelligent Message Filter Overview. Important: Before installing Intelligent Message Filter, you must read the Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter Deployment Guide. If you do not configure Intelligent Message Filter correctly, your messaging environment can be negatively affected.

AT&T Released Details of Anti-Spam
Filter, Hopes For Long-Term Benefit

AT&T Released Details of Anti-Spam
Filter, Hopes For Long-Term Benefit 12/02/2003 12:45 AM
AT&T received a U.S. patent earlier this month that will give intellectual property (IP) attorneys ground on which to stand when pursuing spammers.

Testing Gmail's Spam filters

Testing Gmail's Spam filters 06/14/2004 11:32 AM
Ever wonder how long it takes to fill 1GB of mail space with spam? Aaron Pratt ( prattboy@gmail.com ) is trying to find out. He has asked people to give his email out to as many newsletters, spammers, any kind of annoying mail that he can recieve. You can see some of his results here (mirror) More…

Spam My Gmail Account

Spam My Gmail Account 04/20/2004 10:14 PM
Well, not literally. But I need to get a sufficient volume of mail into jzawodn@gmail.com that I can get a better feel for what it's going to do. You know, to see past the gigabyte and all. Sure, I'll probably dig up some stuff from my archives and send it over, but it'd be more interested to use recent mail. Of course, as a byproduct of putting my address here, I'm sure to get actual spam as well. That'll help...

Spam in gmail: the test

Spam in gmail: the test 04/09/2004 08:02 PM

Well, since everyone and their mother has a gmail account and is posting screenshots, I figured there's one important test left to do that no one else has done yet. I want to test out the limits of this new email app, see how long it stays spam free:

mathowie@gmail.com

Let's see how long it takes until I've got some junk in the ol' inbox, and what the tools are like to deal with it. More later, whenever some spam shows up.

Gmail Adds 30 Day Mass Delete For Spam
Bin

Gmail Adds 30 Day Mass Delete For Spam
Bin 09/13/2004 01:12 PM
TDavid writes "A couple weeks back I wrote about how Gmail was missing a feature to mass delete emails in the "spam" bin and that I'd confirmed with the Gmail team that this feature had not yet been available. Since this is a beta product, they are looking for feedback and I was hoping to get folks to contact them and request this feature. Good news! This campaign seemed to help. Over the weekend I noticed a new message in the Gmail spam bin that indicates: "Warning: Spam messages more than 30 days old will be automatically deleted." This would be great except that the automatic deletion does not (yet) seem to be fully enabled. Currently the automatic deletion is moving slower than the spam actually comes in." As I mentioned in the addition to the original article, it seemed likely that they would add a time-based delete feature for spam -- and I'm sure it will start working better at some point. Of course, it would be nice of them to let users choose whether or not to enable this. I've used the Gmail search feature to find older messages that were designated as spam, but turned out not to be. Also, I should mention that since the complaint last month that the Gmail spam filter wasn't particularly good, it seems to have improved a great deal. It's still not great, but it's certainly getting closer to other spam solutions out there.

E-mail Marketers! You're Invited to Take
an Email Marketing Survey. Permission,
List Growth Techniques and Spam Filter
Triggers are Covered in the 5-question
Survey.

E-mail Marketers! You're Invited to Take
an Email Marketing Survey. Permission,
List Growth Techniques and Spam Filter
Triggers are Covered in the 5-question
Survey. 08/04/2004 11:24 AM
With the Can-Spam law allowing opt-out, how have previously staunch permission emailers changed their practices...or have they? The online survey asks 5 simple questions about permission practices, growing email address lists, and marketer's understanding of anti-spam filtering. The survey is anonymous and results will be published. [PRWEB Aug 4, 2004]

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP)

Spam, spam, spam, spam ... Canada
targets unwanted email (AFP) 05/12/2004 04:17 AM
AFP - Canada unveiled a new action plan to combat unsolicited commercial e-mail, nicknamed spam, which jams inboxes and clogs Internet traffic worldwide.

Web Load Testing Tool Launched Very few
website monitoring companies offer load
testing tools

Web Load Testing Tool Launched Very few
website monitoring companies offer load
testing tools 08/12/2004 02:51 AM
Dotcom-Monitor has just added an external web site load stress testing tool to its suite of executive class website and network monitoring services. [PRWEB Aug 12, 2004]
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