Snopes email integration
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Written by John
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Friday, 24 October 2008 |
It appears that not everyone checks Snopes.com before they forward some incredible information that everyone on the planet has to be informed of immediately.
So, why there isn't a Snopes filter in addition to all of the spam filters?
The Snopes filter would check your incoming mail and tag it with a snopes rating. If the email is a clear candidate for the "false" category it would also put it in a special folder called "Trash" (configurable). It could even then send a reply to the kind sender letting them know they too should get this filter (configurable too).
The Snopes filter could use a webservice provided by Snopes.com. The filter would use a clever hash algorithm that assigns a series of numbers (hashes) to your incoming piece of mail. These numbers are then matched against Snopes.com database. Your emails would not be vulnerable as it is impossible to take these hashes and recreate the email text. The whole process would be quick and painless.
If someone wants to create this filter, please, please, please do so and let me know.
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