[pmmail-list] Spam software (getting OT)

[Dave]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:00:31 +0700, Dean Boulding wrote:

>I'm interested in the virus bucket -- given how these things mutate and 
>seem to occur in phases, how effective is it at catching virii?
>
>(In passing, many a virus coming to my computer gets put in my spam bucket 
>anyway, for whatever reason.)
>TIA,
>
>Dean
>
>On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 05:41:53 -0500, Dave wrote:
>
>|
>|I use POPFile as well (0.18.3 since the later version had problems 
>|on my machine).  It has become extremely effective at filtering 
>|spam.  I use 5 buckets: inbox, friends, groups, spam, and virus.  
>|The virus one in particular has been very useful lately. :-(
>|
>|http://popfile.sourceforge.net/
>|
>|Dave
>
>
>Dean Boulding, Jennifer Crocker, and kids
>Jakarta Indonesia


The virus bucket was the most effective of the bunch, and remains
so.  Perhaps it is because I got so many SoBig.F virii.  I got
100 per hour at the peak. :(

Since then, though, it has remained effective as far as I can tell.

Dave
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