CEAS 2007 Live Spam Challenge

August 2nd and 3rd, 2007

Overview

• 24-hour email spam competition
• Live email stream, delivered by standard protocols (SMTP, IMAP, POP)
• Remote and on-site participants welcome
• Server, appliances, proxies, personal filters welcome

Participation Details

• Official Rules and Guidelines.
• Competition Environment and Filter Configuration.
• Competition Toolkit. [Version 1.0.3]
• Configuration Templates. [Version 1.0.3]
• Sample E-mail Data.
• Live test stream.
• Contestant Agreement. [Coming soon]

Background Information

• Call for participation
• Presentation by Richard Segal at the MIT Spam Conference

Mailing List

• Please fill out the form at http://eight.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/ceas-challenge or send an e-mail to rsegal@us.ibm.com to join the competition mailing list.

Organizers

• Richard Segal (IBM Research)
• Gordon Cormack (University of Waterloo)