165725 - Use these "algorythms" for constructing filters

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 163188

(MailNews Core :: Filters, enhancement)

Description

[Steve]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826

The link below has a lot of new thinking on designing spam filters.  It takes a
very different approach.  It is worth reading.  I tried the *tiny* percent that
I could do with the filters yahoo provides and I have stopped a ton of spam:

http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html

This guys ideas, IMHO, are the next generation of antispam filters/tools.

Mozilla has recieved a lot of good press because it implemented features _for
users_ ( rather then just programmers ) like anti-pop-up tools.

I think this new generation of filter technology built into the mail/newsreader
could win over even more people as it can stop spam and even asian spam. 
Something people univerally hate and want to stop.

The article is about the guy's efforts to implement his ideas in a mail reader

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1

[Steve]

When mail/news filters come it would be great if the user could create filters
with more then just one condition.  For example, searching the body of the
message for a list of forbidden words.  Additionally being able to combine types
of conditions would be good.

For example

If ( not in to or cc ) AND ( in my address book )
     don't chuck, its a joke from a friend

Comment 2

[Alfonso Martinez]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 163188 ***

Comment 3

[Daniel Wang]

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