Idea for improving the learning stage

[Tom Anderson]

Sounds like an interesting strategy on client-side filters which are 
integrated into the mail client, but I don't see how this could apply to 
a server-side filter.  Perhaps Bogofilter could be a link in the chain 
of such a system, but Bogofilter itself doesn't "watch" user behavior.

Tom


Andrew wrote:
> Hello, I would like to submit an idea which I think would improve the 
> accuracy and the learning stage of any statistical spam filter.
> 
> The concept: learn where the "giveaway" is by watching user behaviour.
> 
> It basically comes down to having the filter take note of this: did the 
> user need to open the email before flagging it as spam?
> 
> If the answer is "no", then concentrate your stats on the subject line 
> and ignore the body (which might be full of random words used by the 
> spammer to pollute the filter's database).
> 
> If the answer is "yes", the reverse applies: ignore the subject, which 
> must have looked "legitimate" to the user, and concentrate on the body, 
> which is what clued the user in about the email being spam.
> 
> By analyzing only the subject OR the body, you analyze only what 
> actually looks like spam, thus ignoring the parts of the email that are 
> there to deceive.
> 
> What do you think?
> 
> Regards,
> Andrew
> 
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