Abstract
Spam comprises approximately 90 to 95 percent of all e-mail traffic on the Internet nowadays, and it is a problem far from being solved. The losses caused by spam are estimated to reach up to \$87 billion yearly. When fighting spam, most of the proposals focus on the receiver-side and are usually resource-intensive in terms of processing requirements. In this paper we present an approach to address these shortcomings: we propose to i) filter outgoing e-mail on the sender side and (ii) use lightweight techniques to check whether a message is spam or not. Moreover, we have evaluated the accuracy of these techniques in detecting spam on the sender side with two different data sets, obtained at a Dutch hosting provider. The results obtained with this approach suggest we can significantly reduce the amount of spam on the Internet by performing simple checks at the sender-side.
Original language | Undefined |
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Title of host publication | Proceeings of 16th EUNICE/IFIP WG 6.6 Workshop (EUNICE 2010) |
Editors | Finn Arve Aagesen, Svein Johan Knapskog |
Place of Publication | Berlin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 188-197 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-3-642-13970-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Event | 16th EUNICE/IFIP WG 6.6 Workshop on Networked Services and Applications - Engineering, Control and Management - Trondheim, Norway Duration: 28 Jun 2010 → 30 Jun 2010 Conference number: 16th |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Volume | 6164/2010 |
Workshop
Workshop | 16th EUNICE/IFIP WG 6.6 Workshop on Networked Services and Applications - Engineering, Control and Management |
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Abbreviated title | EUNICE 2010 |
Country/Territory | Norway |
City | Trondheim |
Period | 28/06/10 → 30/06/10 |
Keywords
- METIS-270893
- EWI-18095
- IR-72174