open spam offensive

2007-11-06 20:09  i1314    [permalink]

Though SpamFilter''''s exist that effectively take out most of unsollicited mail (either with BlackList''''s, algorhythms or a combination), it is a continuously evolving effort to fine-tune them to keep the ham apart from the spam.

What if there was a spam-filter-platform that depends on a series of modules to help decide for each message if it's unwanted or not, but also keeps a score per module. Modules get listed on a/the website, optionally with:

• an avarage global score,
• information about what's under the hood,
• the source code,
• estimated resource requirements,
• ...

Modules are built on a straight-forward API, and are posted to the website to get listed. Once listed, administrators can select (new) modules from the website, or remove modules that perform less than expected, fine-tune decision weight per module, etc.

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