Ending Spam: Bayesian Content Filtering and the Art of Statistical Language Classification
byJonathan A. Zdziarski
No Starch Press 2005 (312 pages)
ISBN:1593270526
If you’re a programmer designing a new spam filter, a network admin implementing a spam-filtering solution, or just curious about how spam filters work and how spammers evade them, this landmark book serves as a helpful study of the war against spammers.
Table of Contents
Ending Spam—Bayesian Content Filtering and the Art of Statistical Language Classification
Introduction
Part I - An Introduction To Spam Filtering
Chapter 1 - The History Of Spam
Chapter 2 - Historical Approaches To Fighting Spam
Chapter 3 - Language Classification Concepts
Chapter 4 - Statistical Filtering Fundamentals
Part II - Fundamentals Of Statistical Filtering
Chapter 5 - Decoding: Uncombobulating Messages
Chapter 6 - Tokenization: The Building Blocks Of Spam
Chapter 7 - The Low-Down Dirty Tricks Of Spammers
Chapter 8 - Data Storage For A Zillion Records
Chapter 9 - Scaling In Large Environments
Part III - Advanced Concepts Of Statistical Filtering