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A Study On Solutions To Spam
Erik Neff December 3, 2003
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Problem: Too many junk mails
A hassle for recipients Fills up inboxes Costs ISPs to deliver Creates reason to hack into mail servers Projected number of spam messages, per person per year Jupiter Media Matrix
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Thesis “I hypothesize that the best solution will be a rule-based solution that is individually configurable by the subscriber. The reason being that the user will maintain complete responsibility at a minimal effort and can modify the solution’s functionality to tailor its capabilities to individual needs. “
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Methodology Examine spam solutions: Subjectively Compare
US Federal/State Anti-spam laws Client Mail Filters (SpamAssassin) Server/Gateway Filters (Sophos) Bayesian Filters Charging for s Protocol Change (TRIPOLI) Subjectively Compare
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Analysis Criteria Dollar costs Ease of Deployment & Scalability
Effectiveness Ability to Enforce False positives Network traffic Manual intervention required User friendliness
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References http://spam.abuse.net/userhelp/
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