OT: spam filtering idea

[Hans Nowak]

Paul Rubin wrote:

> The idea is to run the probability coefficients through a digital
> filter, so the probabilities decay over time.  That is, you give
> special emphasis to words found in RECENTLY RECEIVED spam.  If you get
> message M with the words "banana", "elephant", and "doorknob", that
> doesn't make M is especially likely to be spam.  

Maybe in the future it will be, when all conventional spam is caught by spam 
filters, and certain words cannot be used anymore...  "Is your banana the size 
of a doorknob? Use <brand X> to make it the size of an elephant!" :-)

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