[2003.08.30 2359h]

in order to combat unsolicited e-mails, or spam, stanford has a filter in
place that labels an e-mail as spam if the filter's algorithm believes
that there is a high probability that the e-mail is spam.  today, i
received a legitimate e-mail that was marked as being spam with 99%
probability, and several pieces of spam that were not marked as such.

this has got to be one of the most boring entries i have ever written.