[asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection module at 575-613-4392

[Asterisk Asterisk]

You have some good points.

>Justin Newman isn't exactly "someone we don't know". However I only

I agree that my name wasn't clear, but I was trying to avoid getting a bunch of spam myself. I'm not sure if I've personally ever spammed the list and I'm pretty supportive of the community. I have been part of these lists for many many years.

>* The message starts by asking you to call a number.

That was the help needed and it worked. There have been more than 500 different callers now and they keep coming in. I'm going to need help with a second round of testing, after I release the updates today and Sunday, but I haven't figured out how to entice people to test again. I thought about doing an outbound call and most people probably wouldn't care, but I'm anti-spam myself and that sounds like spam to me! Any thoughts?

>* No page with further information. Such a page helps to provide further

I'm open for suggestions. Let me know how I can be more helpful. By the way, thanks everyone for YOUR help!

>* Is this module intended to be free software? (As it is not mentioned,
>  I guess: "no"). If not, I'm less motivated to help to it.


Yes, it's free as in GPL. I'm fine tuning and then releasing to the community. My customer paid to have the base written with the assumption that it would be released GPL, with further community work down the road. Let me know if you have any thoughts, feedback, or suggestions.



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From: Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir.cohen at xorcom.com>
To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2009 10:48:10 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-users] Please help test the gender detection module at 575-613-4392

Slightly off-topic,

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:29:57AM -0800, Asterisk Asterisk wrote:
> I need your help: please help test the gender detection module at 
> 575-613-4392.
> 
> I wrote a gender detection module and thought I'd try it out. It only 
> takes a second. I've been showing 90%+ accuracy and I want to make 
> sure it's working correctly. Rain and significant background noise 
> seems to throw it off, so I still have a bit of work to do.
> 
> Have your friends and significant others call too. Also, let me know 
> if you have any need for the module.
> 
> Justin Newman
> nt_jnewman at yahoo.com

When someone I don't know asks me to do something I'd hesitate a bit. 
Justin Newman isn't exactly "someone we don't know". However I only
found that out by reading the signature of the message. This message
has several indicators of a spam message:

* The declared name is a completely generic one. This is normally
  indicative of some newbies who have not yet "earned" a name on the
  list.

* The message starts by asking you to call a number.

* No page with further information. Such a page helps to provide further
  verification: I can tell that whoever wrote this message and whoever
  wrote the page are the same.

* Is this module intended to be free software? (As it is not mentioned,
  I guess: "no"). If not, I'm less motivated to help to it.

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