Re: false positives and negatives

2005-06-01 Thread Loren Wilton
It doesn't appear anyone else has replied so... > Sorry for the stupid question, but referring to the SpamAssassin web-site I > could not get an answer to the following question: > How do I safely remove my existing bayes database? Just have to remove the files. There are usually three as best

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-31 Thread Chavdar Videff
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 10:13, Loren Wilton wrote: > The spam you show is difficult to handle. One important thing is there is > no url or other link in the message body to a drug site where people could > get the spammed product. I am assuking the original spam much have had > such, since a spam

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-31 Thread jdow
You have several options. I run about 40 of them. Most of them are found at http://www.rulesemporium.com/ the human generated Bayes databases that work on phrases rather than single words. {^_-} - Original Message - From: "Chavdar Videff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 05:16

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-31 Thread Loren Wilton
> Sorry for my late reply - my evening is your morning. > There is 1000 spam a week that leaks through and perhaps another 500-600 that > get filtered by spamassassin. > If my Bayes is poorly trained what options do I have. > Here is a typical letter that gets through. > > =

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-30 Thread Chavdar Videff
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 05:16, Loren Wilton wrote: > > 1. At our site we get approx. 1000 spam a week. Most of it is rated below > > 2.0 > > > points and gets through (even if we set required hits to 3 and 2 for > > certain > > > mailboxes). > > I assume you mean here that you have 1000 spam a week

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-30 Thread jdow
From: "Chavdar Videff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear List, > > I know these are subject of the FAQ and the documentation, yet after I read > all of it I didn't get an answer to the following questions: > > 1. At our site we get approx. 1000 spam a week. Most of it is rated below 2.0 > points and gets

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-30 Thread JamesDR
Chavdar Videff wrote: Dear List, I know these are subject of the FAQ and the documentation, yet after I read all of it I didn't get an answer to the following questions: 1. At our site we get approx. 1000 spam a week. Most of it is rated below 2.0 points and gets through (even if we set requ

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-30 Thread Loren Wilton
> 1. At our site we get approx. 1000 spam a week. Most of it is rated below 2.0 > points and gets through (even if we set required hits to 3 and 2 for certain > mailboxes). I assume you mean here that you have 1000 spam a week leaking through? Or do you mean that you have 1000 spam a week TOTAL a

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-30 Thread Craig Jackson
Chavdar Videff wrote: Dear List, I know these are subject of the FAQ and the documentation, yet after I read all of it I didn't get an answer to the following questions: 1. At our site we get approx. 1000 spam a week. Most of it is rated below 2.0 points and gets through (even if we set requ

Re: false positives and negatives

2005-05-30 Thread JamesDR
Chavdar Videff wrote: Dear List, I know these are subject of the FAQ and the documentation, yet after I read all of it I didn't get an answer to the following questions: 1. At our site we get approx. 1000 spam a week. Most of it is rated below 2.0 points and gets through (even if we set requ