[ale] Spam filtering based on timestamp?

[jknapka at earthlink.net (Joe)]

Christopher Bergeron <christopher at bergeron.com> writes:

> It occurred to me that most of the SPAM that I get comes through when
> I'm _not_ at work.  I tend to think that it's because most of the
> spam-servers are offshore and thus, outside of our timezones.  Anyone
> legitimate would most likely send email within a reasonable 10-hour
> window (in my opinion).
> 
> Could filtering spam based on the timestamp _AND_ Bayesian statistics
> improve the accuracy of the filter?

If your Bayesian filter is looking at the headers (and IMO it should
be), you're already taking the timestamp into account.

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka
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