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[David Relson]

On Sun, 1 May 2005 10:29:57 -0400
JoeHill wrote:

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> Ya, I have a tail window showing me the mail that Bogofilter is catching, and so
> far 100% accuracy. That may be because I had not emptied Sylpheed's trash folder
> in over a year, and had a lot of spam to train with. For once my procrastination
> and laziness, and being a packrat (non-spam) paid off :-)
> 
> Thanks again, and I'd ask you how in hell Bogofilter does this, but I probably
> wouldn't understand the answer!

AFAICT, the idea of bayesian filters was brought to public attention in
August 2002 by Paul Graham.  His article is recommended reading:

  http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html

> BTW, do you prefer that I reply to you and Cc the list, or just reply list?

No need to CC me.  I read everything on the list :-)