Cortland Klein

Previously I discussed the use of an Adaptive Message Filtering Spectrum to interact with messages. It seems, however, that we can do better than that. It seems FogBuzz 4 will have something multi-faceted and adaptive.

Perhaps it’s not about spectrums, then. Perhaps it’s about classifications. Set up various ‘types’ of messages, and train the classifier about which messages belong in which class. You could have a Spam class, a Personal class, a Business class, or any other combination of classes that you want. Over time, you train the classifier in what kinds of messages go where.

Classes could be mutually exclusive or independantly boolean. Perhaps we could even have two terms for each, classes and tags. Thus, a message could be in one class at a time and have multiple tags on it.

There are plenty of uses for this, and by providing the user with the ability to define classes and then assign messages to them, we can give users a powerful tool to organize their messages properly.

Who wants a ‘Chain Mail Crap’ class?