Spam
The End of Spam
It has occurred to me from time to time that spam should not be so hard to beat. I am reminded again now, reading a news article about the sudden swell of pic spam that is so hard for filters to identify, that spam solutions all overlook the most common characteristic of spam. If that characteristic were used properly, it would seem to me that our fight against spam would take a leap forward that would make us wonder why we never took such a simple step before!
Read the article HERE.
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How to Build an Effective Mail Server Defense
When speaking of mail server-related security, one tends to limit the issue to message applied security measures, and even more to Antivirus and Antispam protection. This is however only one stage in the more complex process of securing your server. This article aims at identifying and explaining all security layers, highly important when choosing a certain mail server and consequently when configuring and using it.
Learn how to HERE.
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The Inner Working of a Bayesian Spam Filter
The Bayesian Theory, when applied to spam mail, is a very effective method of detecting which emails are legitimate or not. Bayesian filters calculate the probability of a message being spam according to its content. The more emails it sees, the more effective it gets. At first, the filter will not be perfect, but if you provide it with hundreds of emails to analyze, it should eventually achieve approximately 99.5% of efficiency.
Read more HERE.
It has occurred to me from time to time that spam should not be so hard to beat. I am reminded again now, reading a news article about the sudden swell of pic spam that is so hard for filters to identify, that spam solutions all overlook the most common characteristic of spam. If that characteristic were used properly, it would seem to me that our fight against spam would take a leap forward that would make us wonder why we never took such a simple step before!
Read the article HERE.
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How to Build an Effective Mail Server Defense
When speaking of mail server-related security, one tends to limit the issue to message applied security measures, and even more to Antivirus and Antispam protection. This is however only one stage in the more complex process of securing your server. This article aims at identifying and explaining all security layers, highly important when choosing a certain mail server and consequently when configuring and using it.
Learn how to HERE.
==============================================
The Inner Working of a Bayesian Spam Filter
The Bayesian Theory, when applied to spam mail, is a very effective method of detecting which emails are legitimate or not. Bayesian filters calculate the probability of a message being spam according to its content. The more emails it sees, the more effective it gets. At first, the filter will not be perfect, but if you provide it with hundreds of emails to analyze, it should eventually achieve approximately 99.5% of efficiency.
Read more HERE.
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