So you don’t like spam

Lets face it, if you have an email address, you’re going to get spam. If you are running your email on a server platform , then your IT should be on top of it. And if not, give us a call. Anti-spam solutions running on server can be expensive and taxing to the server. If you are not a huge company , or would like a personalized solution, SpamBayes might just be for you.

Spam Bayes uses bayesian analysis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_inference ,which in a nutshell can predict outcomes based on evidence. As the information changes so does the hypotheses , reflecting one probability as likely and another as unlikely.

So lets get to the actual program, This will run on multiple operating systems ( thought in linux and OSX you will probably need to compile it from source code). It can either run as a standalone program or as a plugin for certain programs. You can find the download section here http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/ .

First you have to setup your email, creating a spam folder. Legitimate emails are called Ham. Move all the spam email to the new folder you created. The reason for this is that Bayesian analysis gets better as time goes on and the more information that it is fed. You want to have a nice repository of email for the program to sift through , both good and bad.

Thats all there is to it, and best of all it does all the filtering in the background. Maybe your inbox be free of spam!