Bayesian approach to greylisting of trolls

[Amedee Van Gasse (ubuntu)]

Lorenzo Taylor schreef:
> Is there any way at all to /dev/null messages that have certain body 
> text which is deemed inappropriate before the message ever gets to 
> the list? Then the repeat offender could be unsubscribed, and if they
> subscribed a new address, such inappropriate messages could still be
> ignored. This is probably next to impossible, but it's the only 
> permanent solution that would seem to actually stop at least some of 
> the inappropriate posts we see on the list.

Interesting idea. I suggest we apply a Bayesian approach to this
problem. Only as a thought experiment, of course. I think it would not
be practical to implement this for real.

-- 
Amedee

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