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FromKyle Moffett <>
SubjectRe: Time to forbid non-subscribers from posting to the list?
DateTue, 8 Aug 2006 17:23:14 -0400
On Aug 08, 2006, at 16:25:16, Lee Revell wrote:
> The spam ratio on LKML is so low that I think this cure would be
> worse than the disease. Why can't the minority of LKML readers who
> have absolutely zero tolerance for spam just filter locally?

Given the volume of valid email on the LKML it took me all of 3 days
to get a fresh install of my mail client's bayes filter trained to a
<5% false negative rate and a <0.5% false positive rate.
Theoretically a similarly tuned bayes filter on vger with a web-
interface for people to vote on spamminess would allow us to fix any
remaining problems; but the spam levels are so low already; why bother?

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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