Stochastic informatics spam filter

From: John Conover <john@email.johncon.com>
Subject: Stochastic informatics spam filter
Date: 13 Aug 2001 22:02:02 -0000


The procmail script that uses stochastic informatics,
(information-theoretic stuff,) to reduce the amount of spam e-mail
users receive has its own web page now:

    http://www.johncon.com/john/StochasticUCEDetection/

At:

    http://www.johncon.com/john/StochasticUCEDetection/#Theory

you will find that it uses the same concepts as tsinvest; the way the
procmail script reduces the chance of a false positive in spam
detection is identical to the way tsinvest allocates resources.

Interestingly, the probability that a message is spam isn't even
used-its the evaluation of risk that makes it work.

        John

BTW, correctly set up and maintained, its about 2 sigma, (about 98%,)
effective, too-with virtually no chance of a false positive.

--

John Conover, john@email.johncon.com, http://www.johncon.com/


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