Features

• eVote Adds Elections to Mailing Lists  by Marilyn Davis
  Now mailing-list members can conduct an election on the list—no administrator help needed.
  
• An Introduction to the Spambayes Project  by Richie Hindle
  Make advanced spam filtering work with your existing mail tools.
  
• A Statistical Approach to the Spam Problem  by Gary Robinson
  Can mathematics tell spam apart from legitimate mail? Find out which approaches work best in real-world tests.
  
• Building with Blogs  by Doc Searls and David Sifry
  Is it a diary? A links page? Or more? The king of blogs and the author of new blog-ranking software outline your choices.
  

Indepth

• Getting Started with Emacs  by Charles Curley
  After you've mastered the Emacs tutorial, now what? A look at macros for mail and more.
  

Embedded

• Linux Signals for the Application Programmer  by Dr. B. Thangaraju
  Here's how to use signals in your applications.
  

Toolbox

• Kernel Korner   Using the Input Subsystem, Part II  by Brad Hards
  
• At the Forge   Unicode  by Reuven M. Lerner
  
• Cooking with Linux   Chatting Up the Chef  by Marcel Gagné
  
• Paranoid Penguin   rsync, Part I  by Mick Bauer
  

Columns

• Linux for Suits   Original and Ultimate Communities  by Doc Searls
  
• EOF   Broadcast Flag: MPAA's Latest Attack on Linux  by Seth David Schoen
  

Reviews

• BlueCat Networks' Meridius Mail Relay  by Nathan Smith
  
• Mathematica 4.2  by Dragan Stancevic
  

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