Ask HN: Is there a list of definite spam words/phrases? It appears to me that spam systems work out the probability that some item of mail is spam based on some sort of algorithms. However, recently I have been processing hundreds of thousands of emails including hundreds of thousands of items of spam. I can see in the spam emails that there are many words and phrases used in the subject lines that will simply never appear in any valid email that I care about receiving. For example: H00kup F*ckbuddy Xenical Viagra BangBuddy In addition to the single words, there are various phrases in the subject lines that would never appear in a legit email, such as: Affordable lux Copy watches accessories for cheap Designer timepieces for all tastes Time to look rich So it strikes me that maybe there is a list of words and phrases that, if found in an email subject line, definitely identify that email as spam. Does anyone know if such a list exists? A list of words/phrases that would only ever be found on a spam email? |