A Plan for Spam. Quote: “I think it's possible to stop spam, and that content-based filters are the way to do it. The Achilles heel of the spammers is their message. They can circumvent any other barrier you set up. They have so far, at least. But they have to deliver their message, whatever it is. If we can write software that recognizes their messages, there is no way they can get around that.”
Comment: Interesting article on the use of Bayesian statistics instead of simple word-based filters to identify spam. [Serious Instructional Technology]