New port spambayes version 1.0.a.1: A Bayesian anti-spam filter

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+[ excerpt with modifications from developer's site ]
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+The SpamBayes project is working on developing a Bayesian anti-spam
+filter.
+
+SpamBayes will attempt to classify incoming email messages as 'spam',
+'ham' (good, non-spam email) or 'unsure'. This means you can have
+spam or unsure messages automatically filed away in a different
+mail folder, where it won't interrupt your email reading.
+
+First, SpamBayes must be trained by each user to identify spam and
+ham. Essentially, you show SpamBayes a pile of email that you like
+(ham) and a pile you don't like (spam). SpamBayes will then analyze
+the piles for clues as to what makes the spam and ham different.
+For example; different words, differences in the mailer headers and
+content style. The system then uses these clues to examine new
+messages.
+
+WWW: http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/