[Ecommerce] P2P technology to be used to block and filter spam
Philippa Lawson
plawson@piac.ca
Sat Apr 13 08:59:01 2002
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Subject: [news] P2P technology to be used to block and filter spam
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An e-mail filter that uses the technology that made Napster famous might
soon save e-mail in-boxes from spam.
Code-named Folsom, the software works on a peer-to-peer network and allows a
user to flag junk e-mail. Because it operates on a peer-to-peer basis, it
can share files with other members of a network.
Folsom will automatically transmit data identifying flagged spam, preventing
unsolicited
e-mail from reaching mailboxes anywhere on its network.
Folsom was created by the same people who developed Napster.
The first Folsom user to open a spam message acts like the "town crier,"
alerting everyone else to the spam and filtering it out of other in-boxes.
Creators of the software said testing Folsom in e-mail streams that
contained 40 and 60 per cent spam showed it could cut junk mail to nearly
zero.
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An e-mail filter that uses the technology that made Napster famous might <br>
soon save e-mail in-boxes from spam.<br>
Code-named Folsom, the software works on a peer-to-peer network and allows a <br>
user to flag junk e-mail. Because it operates on a peer-to-peer basis, it <br>
can share files with other members of a network.<br>
Folsom will automatically transmit data identifying flagged spam, preventing <br>
unsolicited <br>
e-mail from reaching mailboxes anywhere on its network.<br>
Folsom was created by the same people who developed Napster.<br>
The first Folsom user to open a spam message acts like the "town crier," <br>
alerting everyone else to the spam and filtering it out of other in-boxes.<br>
Creators of the software said testing Folsom in e-mail streams that <br>
contained 40 and 60 per cent spam showed it could cut junk mail to nearly <br>
zero.<br>
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