On Apr 28, 2000 at 14:28, Rakesh Tiwari wrote:
>Satya wrote:
>> On Apr 27, 2000 at 01:34, Philip S Tellis wrote:
>> >> This is spam, plain and simple. Anyone care to calculate the Breidbart
>> >The what index?
>> Breidbart. I don't remember the formula but I think it's the sq.root of
>> the product of the number of copies posted and the number of newsgroups
>> posted to.
>
>How does this index help ???
It helps determine the severity of the spam. Technically, it is not spam
if BI<20. This definition comes from the days of newsgroups and
non-commercial UBE. It's in some FAQ.
>> >> More direct measures as Philip indirectly suggests would involve going to
>> >> various shady places &^IGD&I(NO CARRIER
> what is &^IGD&I(NO CARRIER ???
Line noise followed by a lack of carrier, ie, a disconnection.
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