Re: False positives (was Re: [Asrg] Re: RMX Records)

["David F. Skoll" <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>]

On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Alan DeKok wrote:

> > Change your domain and start fresh.
>   That solution doesn't scale.

Well, you are highly unlikely to have the kind of spam you've been
seeing.  Really.  Your stats are way off the chart.

> > Maybe for you and 0.01% of the population.  For the other 99.99% of
> > us, filters are a good technology.
>   Then why are you on this list?

To help reduce spam for most people.  There will always be outlyers
who are beyond help.

>   I'm here to talk about a *real* spam problem, where even a filter of
> "firewall all IP's not on a whitelist" is too expensive to be
> practical.

That level of spam does not yet exist for most people.  Your situation is
very unusual.

>   Or are you saying that you're willing to solve your spam problem,
> but not mine?

That's right.  Your problem is not representative of most people's problem.

>   Oh, that's true.  But many people claim "filters work".
>   That's like saying "I don't need surgery, I've got a band-aid!"

Filters work very well for a lot of people.  There are always outlying
data points; you have my sympathy. :-)

--
David.
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