From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932484AbWHaXTy (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:19:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932486AbWHaXTy (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:19:54 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:53774 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932484AbWHaXTx (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:19:53 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2006 01:19:50 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Just Marc Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: dspam as an incoming message filter on LKML Message-ID: <20060831231950.GY18276@stusta.de> References: <44F6CCC7.6090606@corky.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44F6CCC7.6090606@corky.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 31, 2006 at 12:49:27PM +0100, Just Marc wrote: > Hi, > > I'm sure many of you have experience with lots of different of spam > filters, at least some of you will know how good and effective DSPAM is. > > What I propose is simple, after we teach DSPAM what is ham and what is > spam (a quick process on LKML) have one person who will volunteer > to weed out any false positives (if any) for a short period of time, > following that we can just let DSPAM do its magic and enjoy a totally > spam free > LKML. > > The chance of false positives with the kind of highly specific topics > and keywords discussed on LKML is extremely small. > > Comments? If you think linux-kernel didn't have any spam filtering you should read the information linked from the text that is attached to _every_ email sent to linux-kernel. The last spamfilter discussion on this list was less than one month ago. Please read the list archives before restarting the same old discussion. > Marc cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed