A Study On Solutions To Spam Erik Neff
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A Study On Solutions To Spam Erik Neff December 3, 2003
Problem: Too many junk mails n n A hassle for email recipients Fills up inboxes Costs ISPs to deliver Creates reason to hack into mail servers Projected number of spam messages, person per year. - Jupiter Media Matrix
Thesis “I hypothesize that the best solution will be a rule-based solution that is individually configurable by the e-mail subscriber. The reason being that the user will maintain complete responsibility at a minimal effort and can modify the solution’s functionality to tailor its capabilities to individual needs. “
Methodology n Examine spam solutions: n n n n US Federal/State Anti-spam laws Client Mail Filters (Spam. Assassin) Server/Gateway Filters (Sophos) Bayesian Filters Charging for emails Protocol Change (TRIPOLI) Subjectively Compare
Analysis Criteria n n n n Dollar costs Ease of Deployment & Scalability Effectiveness Ability to Enforce False positives Network traffic Manual intervention required User friendliness
References n n n n http: //spam. abuse. net/userhelp/ http: //www. mindworkshop. com/alchemy/nospam. html http: //www. arachnoid. com/lutusp/antispam. html http: //www. sophos. com/products/pm/ http: //au 2. spamassassin. org/index. html http: //www. pfir. org/tripoli-announce http: //www. inboxlock. com/spam. html http: //www. spamlaws. com/
