From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/46301 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alex Schroeder Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Paul Graham on fighting SPAM Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:44:32 +0200 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <87fzwyomb3.fsf@emacswiki.org> References: <87d6sf42ys.fsf@emacswiki.org> <871y8u7un8.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87fzxa7ala.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87d6se9dsy.fsf@emacswiki.org> <87wuqd5lp9.fsf@emacswiki.org> <84znv7o58r.fsf@despairon.bofh.org.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030560736 7666 127.0.0.1 (28 Aug 2002 18:52:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ding@gnus.org Return-path: Original-Received: from malifon.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.13]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17k7vH-0001xU-00 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:52:12 +0200 Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu ([129.7.128.10] ident=lists) by malifon.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 3.20 #1) id 17k7n3-0008GK-00; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:43:41 -0500 Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:44:14 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (qmailr@sclp3.sclp.com [209.196.61.66]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA13605 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:43:58 -0500 (CDT) Original-Received: (qmail 18743 invoked by alias); 28 Aug 2002 18:43:10 -0000 Original-Received: (qmail 18738 invoked from network); 28 Aug 2002 18:43:10 -0000 Original-Received: from relay01.cablecom.net (62.2.33.101) by gnus.org with SMTP; 28 Aug 2002 18:43:10 -0000 Original-Received: from smtp.swissonline.ch (mail-4.swissonline.ch [62.2.32.85]) by relay01.cablecom.net (8.12.5/8.12.5/SOL/AWF/MXRELAY/20020820) with ESMTP id g7SIgd20037559; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:42:39 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from alex@emacswiki.org) Original-Received: from confusibombus (dclient217-162-239-43.hispeed.ch [217.162.239.43]) by smtp.swissonline.ch (8.11.6/8.11.6/SMTPSOL/AWF/2002040101) with ESMTP id g7SIgcH04984; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:42:38 +0200 (MEST) Original-Received: from alex by confusibombus with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17k7ns-0000AQ-00; Wed, 28 Aug 2002 20:44:32 +0200 Original-To: Piers Cawley X-Face: ^BC$`[IcggstLPyen&dqF+b2'zyK#r.mU*'Nms}@&4zw%SJ#5!/7SMVjBS7'lb;QK)|IPU5U'o1'522W4TyzB3Ab*IBo^iw]l4|kUbdZuUDO6=Um-.4IzhNiV'B"@K#jy_(wW|Zbk[34flKY^|PrQ?$u2\fKg^]AY>wOX#H32i In-Reply-To: <84znv7o58r.fsf@despairon.bofh.org.uk> (Piers Cawley's message of "28 Aug 2002 07:40:52 +0100") Original-Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2.90 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46301 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:46301 Piers Cawley writes: > Then how do you incrementally change the dictionary? Where do you > magically remember that some word has been seen 4 times already and > should therefore go in the dictionary this time. etc. Exactly, reducing the size can only happen from time to time -- seldomly, if at all. >> and only the first few kb of all mails should be analyzed. > > Only if you can tune that. Yes, a lot of stuff is not in a defvar, yet; and the defvars need to be changed to defcustoms. This will change eventually. :) Alex.