January 27, 2003
POPFile: An `organic' spam filter
THIS TIME NetSpeak explores the features of a mail spam filter tool that can learn from experience and adapt to the ever-changing strategies of spammers.
It is almost impossible to find a regular e-mail user who has not received spam mails or the junk e-mails that fall on the mailbox from unknown sources. (For an explanation on the source of the term spam, check out: http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/s/spam.html. Though most of us do not waste our time reading such mails, a lot of time is wasted on deleting them from the mailbox.
It is almost impossible to find a regular e-mail user who has not received spam mails or the junk e-mails that fall on the mailbox from unknown sources. (For an explanation on the source of the term spam, check out: http://webopedia.internet.com/TERM/s/spam.html. Though most of us do not waste our time reading such mails, a lot of time is wasted on deleting them from the mailbox.
