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Re: [OM] OT: possible data mining from OM list

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: possible data mining from OM list
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:36:26 -0400
Yes, I'm using Mailwasher Pro also and I love it.  You delete spam from the
server without downloading it at all. When the "sobig" worm was "popular'
(hah), I got 36 in one day.  All safely deleted from the server.  cool
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: possible data mining from OM list


> At 06:38 PM 9/10/2003 -0300, you wrote:
> >
> >Am I the only list member to be receiving a dozen or more spam messages
> >every day for viagra, breast enhancement medication, etc, etc? Some of
the
> >messages come with lurid images. The latest was of a teddy bear flashing
> >his enhanced you know what.  Most if not all messages come from known
ISPs
> >such as yahoo, msn, earthlink, and aol whereas the user names are a
jumble
> >of alpha-numeric characters.
> >
> >Can anyone recommend a spam or message blocker that can be coded to block
> >any incoming message where the "from address" comprises a jumble of
> >alpha-mumeric characters?
>
>
> John:
>
> Well, I've recommended Mailwasher Pro before, and I'm still using it -- 
> must be of some value to me, since I receive over 400 (!) spams per
> day.  However, what you're specifically requesting would be rather
> difficult, since there'd have to be a relatively simple algorithm to
> determine the difference between a "jumble" of characters and a meaningful
> (to humans) string.  (I'm not aware of any such algorithms, but it's a
good
> exercise for anyone interested in Artificial Intelligence.)  However, the
> good news is that many of these "jumbled" e-mail addresses have some
> invariant part that can be recognized as coming from a known spammer
> address.  MW Pro flags those, and in all cases, ignores images.  In some
> instances, I still have to do manual purging -- but with MW Pro, I don't
> have to have my optic nerve assaulted by unwanted images.
>
>
> Garth
>



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