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An AppleScript rule to check Mail against blackhole lists
Authored by: mgaiman on May 27, '03 11:45:19AM
Apple Mail uses Bayesian Filtering to block spam. But what does that really mean? Paul Graham, one of first men to put Bayesian Filtering to work against spam, has a great write up on it here

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An AppleScript rule to check Mail against blackhole lists
Authored by: tunesmith on May 27, '03 07:44:30PM

Actually, I don't think that has been confirmed. Bayesian usually works better. I think Mail uses semantic analysis. I don't have a link for an explanation of how that works.



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