[Spambayes] Re: Mail-Filters' Anti-spam Approach (Gregg Foster)

Fri Jul 25 21:59:44 EDT 2003

I don't know who runs this, as I'm new today, but I've been USING SpamBayes for months now, in both a POP3 and a Corporate or Workgroup mode, and it's been FABULOUS!!!  Nothing else even THINKS of coming close!!!

It's one of those RARE, RARE products that is MORE than it "advertises" itself to be, and that I actually WANT to throw money at!

If I had but ONE wish, my only wish would be to see this supported at the Exchange Server (2000 with AD) level.  But a large number of my users use it, and in only a month or so for them, it's become INDESPENSIBLE!!!

Soooo...to whoever writes this, THE BIGGEST OF ALL-EVER KUDOS to you!!!

David Reed
IT Manager/Network Administrator

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Patrick Keogh [mailto:patrick at keogh.net.au] 
	Sent: Fri 7/25/2003 8:20 PM 
	To: spambayes at python.org 
	Cc: 
	Subject: [Spambayes] Re: Mail-Filters' Anti-spam Approach (Gregg Foster)

	Dear Gregg, 

	What a great idea, and so easy to get up and running! 
	All you have to do is to make SpamCure open source and 
	then we will be able to work together. It sounds like 
	there is room for improvement if you're getting 5% false 
	negatives. I think you'll find that most users of 
	SpamBayes (including myself) routinely get less that 1% 
	false negatives. 

	I wish you luck in selling your product, but right now it 
	sounds like SpamBayes has a technical edge, and is quite 
	a bit cheaper :-) 

	Patrick 

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	Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 15:09:18 -0700 
	From: "Gregg Foster" <gfoster at mail-filters.com> 
	Subject: [Spambayes] FW: Mail-Filters' Anti-spam Approach 
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	-----Original Message----- 
	From: Gregg Foster [mailto:gfoster at mail-filters.com] 
	Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 11:36 AM 
	To: SpamBayes at python.org 
	Subject: Mail-Filters' Anti-spam Approach 

	I am writing to you to propose a new business relationship.  We've already 
	closed some OEM deals recently, including two that already offer an 
	anti-spam solution.  I expect these to become public knowledge in August. 
	Because we do things differently (i.e. spam signatures), our current 
	partners liked our technology because it added value to what they do and 
	didn't repeat what they were already doing.  I know you already have a very 
	good Bayesian filter technology in your scanning engine, but I'm confident 
	our technology would add significant value to what you already provide. 

	We are actively marketing SpamCure to OEM partners because it is one of the 
	best anti-spam servers on the market, catching more than 95% of the spam, 
	but most importantly, achieving an accuracy greater than 1 in 100,000 false 
	positives.  Our proprietary database has been 100% created by Mail-Filters - 
	without the use of public RBLs which provide so many false positives.  The 
	way we catch spam is different than most competitive filters.  We have 
	developed a unique database of spam signatures that we have derived from 
	real spam.  As part of developing our own enterprise anti-spam server, our 
	database has emerged as the very best resource for messages to be identified 
	as spam.  It is also available as an integrated solution with our partners 
	using our API.  Our database of signatures are continually updated in 
	real-time to maintain currency, accuracy and effectiveness. 

	I would appreciate your reply so that I can talk in more detail about our 
	technology and set up an web account so you can validate our statistics for 
	yourselves using our Testing Option #1.  I am confident you will see the 
	same satisfaction as others have.  From that point we can discuss the best 
	technical and business approach for our mutual success. 

	Best Regards, Gregg 

	G.J. Foster 
	Vice President, Sales 
	Mail-Filters.com, Inc. 
	205 De Anza Blvd, Suite 200 
	San Mateo, CA 94402 
	TEL: 650-655-7788 
	FAX: 707-220-7058 
	www.mail-filters.com 
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