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Tuesday, March 25, 2003

Spammy Sharpshooter

SPAM: DEAR_FRIEND (0.4 points) BODY: How dear can you be if you don't know my name?

So my provider, pair Networks, has quietly rolled out SpamAssassin across its servers.

I am in spam-killing heaven! I spent months trying to install it myself at work, where it wreaked havoc with our virtual mailboxes and was constantly culled by the terrifying roaming bots that pair employs to keep server usage spikes down (it's like the motherfucking Matrix in there, yo).

But now it's part of the basic web administration for both my work account and home account. I was able to activate and set it with one or two mouseclicks and it's purring along like a dream.

I kind of wish it was a Bayesian filter of some kind, but it's much (MUCH!) better than nothing. Now I might actually be able to use some of the email accounts at work as something other than spam traps. Productivity NOW!

Posted at 10:00 AM

Comments

001. Laurel

Unrelated to your techy elation: bring back the mp3s! How else am I supposed to amuse myself on my work computer with all this extra memory?

Posted at 12:52PM on Tuesday, March 25, 2003

002. me

Oh yeah, forgot about that. I took 'em down due to scooping bots and never got around to putting 'em back up. Soon! Swear!

Posted at 02:36PM on Tuesday, March 25, 2003

003. caitlin

The latest version of Spamassassin has Bayesian functionality built-in, I believe. I've not looked at it.

Posted at 06:09AM on Wednesday, March 26, 2003

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