__/ [Ian Hilliard] on Wednesday 07 December 2005 17:19 \__
> On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 14:47:32 +0000, B Gruff wrote:
>
>>
>> At last - an end to Spam.
>> I for one will be very happy, and deplore the harsh things that you lot
>> have said about him and his company.
>>
>> When this comes to pass, as it surely will (as baa-lamb says, if he says
>> he won't sue, he won't sue - a man of his word, and not one to indulge in
>> vapourware) then I and many others will be much indebted to him. Indeed,
>> when this comes to pass, as it surely will next month, I will probably
>> leave cola for good, and delete Linux from my drives:-
>>
>>
http://news.com.com/Gates+reveals+his+magic+solution+to+spam/2100-1028_3-5147491.html
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39240579,00.htm
>
> Too late Bill, the problem has already been solved in FOSS. Since moving
> to Evolution and setting it up to check the sender, I get maybe one or two
> pieces of spam per week, that gets through.
>
> From time to time, I check on the mail server to see if there IS any spam.
> It is generally about half of the mail that I get, and I get a LOT of
> email.
>
> Ian
SpamAssassin has killed a few thousands of messages. Not even _one_ was a
false positive. Can SA be applied to Microsoft?
Roy
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