I really hope this works.
In Search of the Perfect Spam Filter
Techies immerse themselves in spam to craft a filter that renders mass e-mail marketing ineffective (and undesirable).
By Scarlet Pruitt
"BOSTON–The roughly 500 programmers, researchers, hackers, and IT administrators who gathered in a chilly classroom on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Friday aren’t just looking to slow the relentless onslaught of spam–they want to completely destroy its business model."