1 in 6000 Spam e-mails gets through (IBM research)

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I always find the use of Biology in computing interesting…

A technique originally designed to analyse DNA sequences is the latest weapon in the war against spam. An algorithm named Chung-Kwei (after a feng-shui talisman that protects the home against evil spirits) can catch nearly 97 per cent of spam.

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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99996292

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… 97%?

But 1 in 6000 is a LOT more than 97%

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now that is cool…good find vulcan :slight_smile:

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97% blocked
1 in 6000 real e-mails wrongly identified

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your too funny

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LOL my bad…

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:sure:

can catch nearly 97 per cent of spam

misidentifying genuine email as spam was just 1 in 6000 messages

EDIT: Vulcan, you were right :wink: