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Re: Bit OT but it's about SPAM
From: John Rudd <jrudd(at)ucsc.edu>
Date: Wed Oct 17 2007 - 15:58:03 EDT
>
> This is hyperbole.
>
> What it really means is that 95% of the mail processed by someone's
> commercial spam filter has been classified, possibly incorrectly, as
> spam. The rates are much lower (though still too high for comfort) if
> false positives are accounted for.
>
> See, for example: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.14617
Date: Wed Oct 17 2007 - 15:58:03 EDT
Bart Schaefer wrote:
> On 10/17/07, Tom Ray <tom@detroitonline.com> wrote:
>> I just thought if anyone hasn't read it yet, this article might be >> interesting to many of you. According to this report SPAM has now >> reached being 95% of all email.
>
> This is hyperbole.
>
> What it really means is that 95% of the mail processed by someone's
> commercial spam filter has been classified, possibly incorrectly, as
> spam. The rates are much lower (though still too high for comfort) if
> false positives are accounted for.
>
> See, for example: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.14617
My observation, both at work and at home, is that 95% is pretty close to true. Received on Wed Oct 17 16:04:45 2007
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