Fwd: Bayes Rules spam-filtering patented.

[Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu>]

Well--I won't be surprised if one of these companies patents
addition and multiplication.. :-(

rao

Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 09:08:51 -0700 (MST)
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Subject: Bayes Rules spam-filtering patented.
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It looks like McAfee may have gotten away with patenting the use of Bayes Rules
for filtering spam.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/06/01/HNnaantispam_1.html