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Two Spam Filters 10 Times As Accurate As Humans

Feb 24, 2004 12:37PM PST

The authors of two spam filters, CRM114 and DSPAM, announced recently that their filters have achieved accuracy rates ten times better than a human is capable of. Based on a study by Bill Yerazunis of CRM114, the average human is only 99.84% accurate.

http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/02/24/0025219.shtml

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