Spot SPAM Before it Hits the Mail Server?

"New software developed at the Georgia Institute for Technology can identify spam before it hits the mail server. The system, known as SNARE (Spatio-temporal Network-level Automatic Reputation Engine), scores each incoming e-mail based on a variety of new criteria that can be gleaned from a single packet of data. The researchers involved say the automated system puts less of a strain on the network and minimizes the need for human intervention while achieving the same accuracy as traditional spam filters." Read more on Technology Review. Spam continues to be a major problem, and there needs to be found a new and better way to control it. This approach, while it might not be the final solution, may be heading in the right direction.