Re: [cobalt-users] DSPAM

[Andy Jacobs <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 27/6/03 1:06 pm, "Parker Morse" <morse@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Friday, Jun 27, 2003, at 07:37 US/Eastern, Pablo Jejcic wrote:
>> I was surfing the web this morning and I found a program to stop
>> spam called DSPAM
>> (http://www.networkdweebs.com/software/dspam/index.html#top) it is an
>> open
>> source project. After the first read, it looks like it can work great
>> for
>> the cobal qube3, but I want to know if someone use it before, or if
>> anyone
>> have any comment/suggestion about it.
> 
> Looks interesting. It's taking the Bayesian buzzword which has been
> proven to be very effective (I've got some users using Popfile, which
> works on a similar principle) and building a structure where it can be
> used by an entire office. I've played with bogofilter before, and while
> it was remarkably effective, there were a lot of hurdles to scaling it
> up for my whole office. This looks like it might have removed those
> hurdles.
> 
> Let me know if you install it and it works. It might save me installing
> Popfile on every computer in the office. (We do use some DNSBLs and
> SpamAssassin as well, but there's still quite a lot coming through.)

I've had a look at this and am interested in having a play with it.  How
would I know whether my Raqs (2 4s and a 3) have the Berkeley DB4 on?  If
they haven't, how easy is it to install.

Cheers

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Andy Jacobs
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