Re: [SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-29 Thread Matt Kettler
At 01:25 PM 12/28/03 -0800, S. M. C. Butler wrote: Can anyone tell me how to use the --remove-markup command in SA? I have a whole folder of spam and I'd like to remove the SA markups so that I can use this with sa-learn (next time my bayes DB goes awol..) As a part of this thread that was overloo

Re[2]: [SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-28 Thread Robert Menschel
Hello Simon, Sunday, December 28, 2003, 7:51:15 PM, you wrote: >> No. You *do* need a minimum of 200 hams. The reason behind this is >> that for Bayes to work, it needs to know *both* what spam looks like >> *and* what ham looks like so it can tell the difference. >> >> But yes, it is best to

RE: [SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-28 Thread Gary Funck
> -Original Message- > From: S. M. C. Butler > Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 7:51 PM > [...] > [Simon] I get about 50 spams a day and maybe 10 regular emails of which > 4 are under the -1 threshold for ham. It's going to be somewhat > difficult to get even close to parity for my spam/

RE: [SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-28 Thread S. M. C. Butler
> > No. You *do* need a minimum of 200 hams. The reason behind this is > that for Bayes to work, it needs to know *both* what spam looks like > *and* what ham looks like so it can tell the difference. > > But yes, it is best to have a vaguely equal number of both ham and > spam (but you can ea

Re: [SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-28 Thread Martin Radford
At Sun Dec 28 21:33:40 2003, Evan Platt wrote: > >Also, I've got passed the 200 spams breakpoint for bayes but now it > >seems that I need 200 hams also before bayes will kick in. here's a > >fragment from my procmail file > > Well, kind of. You generally need a equal number of hams to spams for

Re: [SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-28 Thread Evan Platt
At 01:25 PM 12/28/2003, you wrote: Hi, Can anyone tell me how to use the --remove-markup command in SA? I have a whole folder of spam and I'd like to remove the SA markups so that I can use this with sa-learn (next time my bayes DB goes awol..) Can't help you there, but... Also, I've got passed

[SAtalk] remove markup question and bayes question

2003-12-28 Thread S. M. C. Butler
Hi, Can anyone tell me how to use the --remove-markup command in SA? I have a whole folder of spam and I'd like to remove the SA markups so that I can use this with sa-learn (next time my bayes DB goes awol..) Also, I've got passed the 200 spams breakpoint for bayes but now it seems that I need