Package: ifile (1.3.8-1)

a text/e-mail/spam filter capable of learning

A text filter that uses machine learning to classify texts into groups. ifile works great as a spam filter. The text is classified by a simple statistical method called Naive Bayes, which basically considers each text an unordered collection of words and classifies by matching the distribution with the most closely matching group distribution. Alternatives to ifile are annoyance-filter, bogofilter, spamoracle, and spamprobe.

Tags: Implemented in: C, Electronic Mail: Filters, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Works with: Email