OT/advice: spam

BP Jonsson wrote:
> Someone on another list posted this:
>
>
>> Fighting spam can be approached as a linguistic problem.  Here's my spam
>> rule (omitting the obscenities), which I've developed for Outlook
>> Express:
>>
>> Apply this rule after the message arrives
>> Where the From line contains '0' or '1' or '2' or '3' or '4' or '5' or
>> '6'
>> or '7' or '8' or '9'
>> or Where the Subject line contains 'free' or '%' or '$' or 'ADV:' or
>> 'UCE'
>> or 'Search Engine' or '!' or 'Work' or '?' or 'your decision' or '#' or
>> 'Spam' or '[' or 'sex' or 'xxx' or 'nude' or 'casino' or 'penis' or
>> 'adult'
>> or 'cash' or 'domain' or 'home' or 'confirmation' or 'dot' or 'health
>> care'
>> or 'rates' or 'OTCBB' or 'Viagra'
>> or Where the message body contains 'Below is the result of your feedback
>> form' or 'Nigerian' or 'Congress'
>> or Where the message has an attachment
>> Move it to the Spam folder
>> and Stop processing more rules
Looks like a very static, ad-hoc form of Bayesian filtering.