[thelist] TIP: Free Baysean Filters Apps

[Frank]

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You've heard all about Baysean filters, their remarkable accuracy, and 
their near-zero maintenance rate. You may even have read

         "A Plan for Spam"
         <http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html>

The following to applications will enable you to set up your own personal 
(or server side Baysean style filtering devices.

This first, is PC only, personal

 >K9 is an email filtering application that works in
 >conjunction with your regular POP3 email program and
 >automatically classifies incoming emails as spam (junk
 >email) or non-spam without the need for maintaining dozens
 >of rules or constant updates to be downloaded. It uses
 >intelligent statistical analysis that can result in
 >extremely high accuracy over time.

         "K9"
         <http://keir.net/k9.html>


The following is written in PERL, thus not only can you use it with your 
personal mailer, but you can most likely set one up server wide.

POP file
 >POPFile is an automatic mail classification tool. Once
 >properly set up and trained, it will work in the
 >background of your computer, scanning mail as it arrives
 >and filing it however you wish. You can give it a simple
 >job, like separating out junk e-mail, or a complicated one
 >- like filing mail into a dozen folders. Think of it as a
 >personal assistant for your inbox.

         "POPFile"
         http://popfile.sourceforge.net/


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