spambayes
Claude Jones
claude_jones at levitjames.com
Wed May 10 13:19:49 UTC 2006
On Wed May 10 2006 4:41 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> In the filter configuration for classifying as spam, I changed
> it to the following:
> sa-learn -L --spam --sync
>
You're not treading on my toes. Where did you put that entry, above?
> The difference was immediately obvious. I understand that this is not the
> default setting because it is slower than the default, but it hasn't caused
> me any problems. Of course, manually applying the filter to missed spam
> improves performance also.
I did manually train spamassassin during one period when I tried to use it
because I was having configuration problems with Spambayes. There was not a
dramatic effect - it seemed like I'd classify something as spam, and the same
message would keep getting through as ham - I made a mini-attempt to learn
about configuring spamassassin, but was in a hurry and didn't readily find
answers. Shortly after, I sorted out my Spambayes issue, so I stopped using
spamassassin. I've read repeatedly that spamassassin works well, so I chalked
up my experience to inexperience, and poor configuration. Someone on this
list whose views I respect once said that the best anti-spam strategy was a
combination of spamassassin and spambayes. Now, having got my curiosity up,
I'm discovering some man pages I didn't find previously, and see that
spamassassin has a bayes-ian component to its filtering. Looks like its time
to revisit the subject, for me.
--
Claude Jones
Brunswick, MD, USA
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