Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-15 Thread Axb
On 09/15/2014 03:10 PM, RW wrote: You're assuming that broad and balanced learning with a little miss-training is necessarily worse than any kind of learning without miss-training. Yes and no. Seems ppl are not worrying about missing learnt ham but an increase in the very, VERY low scored spa

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-15 Thread RW
On Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:21:48 +0200 Axb wrote: > On 09/12/2014 03:48 PM, RW wrote: > > There's a qualitative difference between a threshold of 0.1 and > > -1.0. At 0.1 ham can be learned just by not hitting any spam tests, > > Which means that FNs get easily learnt as ham, which is what we're > t

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-12 Thread Axb
On 09/12/2014 03:48 PM, RW wrote: There's a qualitative difference between a threshold of 0.1 and -1.0. At 0.1 ham can be learned just by not hitting any spam tests, Which means that FNs get easily learnt as ham, which is what we're trying to avoid.

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-12 Thread RW
On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:11:33 +0200 Axb wrote: > On 09/10/2014 11:19 PM, RW wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:57:35 +0200 > > Axb wrote: > > > > > >>> > >In practice this means that, without custom rules, ham can > >>> > >only be autolearned if it hits a DNS whitelist rule or > >>> > >RP_MATCHES_RC

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-11 Thread Axb
On 09/10/2014 11:19 PM, RW wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:57:35 +0200 Axb wrote: > >In practice this means that, without custom rules, ham can only be > >autolearned if it hits a DNS whitelist rule or RP_MATCHES_RCVD. > > > >from what I'm seeing is that it takes lower scored ham to autolearn >

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread RW
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 20:57:35 +0200 Axb wrote: > > In practice this means that, without custom rules, ham can only be > > autolearned if it hits a DNS whitelist rule or RP_MATCHES_RCVD. > > > > from what I'm seeing is that it takes lower scored ham to autolearn > ham. I don't use DNS whitelists a

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Axb
On 09/10/2014 08:23 PM, RW wrote: On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:47:48 +0200 Axb wrote: for quite a while I've been playing with autolearn settings SA's default is: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam0.1 this *can* cause low scored spam to be learnt as ham. For several months I

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Alex Regan
Hi, SA's default is: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam0.1 this *can* cause low scored spam to be learnt as ham. For several months I've been using bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -1.0 and so far no more false negatives have been learnt as ham which is was hoping for. If yo

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Alex Regan
Hi, For several months I've been using bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -1.0 Any reason you chose -1.0 rather than something a bit closer to 0, like -0.5 or -0.2? Most of my low-scoring spam is pretty close to 0, so I'm just wondering. I know I made the decision years ago to l

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread RW
On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:47:48 +0200 Axb wrote: > for quite a while I've been playing with autolearn settings > > SA's default is: > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam0.1 > > this *can* cause low scored spam to be learnt as ham. > >

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Amir Caspi
On Sep 10, 2014, at 7:47 AM, Axb wrote: > For several months I've been using > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -1.0 Any reason you chose -1.0 rather than something a bit closer to 0, like -0.5 or -0.2? Most of my low-scoring spam is pretty close to 0, so I'm just wo

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Axb
On 09/10/2014 04:29 PM, Alex Regan wrote: Hi, For several months I've been using bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -1.0 and so far no more false negatives have been learnt as ham which is was hoping for. If you're using autolearn, you may want to play with that threshold.. Bas

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Alex Regan
Hi, For several months I've been using bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -1.0 and so far no more false negatives have been learnt as ham which is was hoping for. If you're using autolearn, you may want to play with that threshold.. Based on your expertise with Bayes, should we

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Axb
On 09/10/2014 04:05 PM, Kevin A. McGrail wrote: On 9/10/2014 9:47 AM, Axb wrote: for quite a while I've been playing with autolearn settings SA's default is: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam0.1 this *can* cause low scored spam to be learnt as ham. For several months I

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 9/10/2014 9:47 AM, Axb wrote: for quite a while I've been playing with autolearn settings SA's default is: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam0.1 this *can* cause low scored spam to be learnt as ham. For several months I've been using bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -

bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2014-09-10 Thread Axb
for quite a while I've been playing with autolearn settings SA's default is: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam0.1 this *can* cause low scored spam to be learnt as ham. For several months I've been using bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam -1.0 and so far no more false nega

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam vector

2007-05-12 Thread Duane Hill
On Sat, 12 May 2007, Maciej Friedel wrote: On 05/12/07 Abba wrote: Is anyone using numbers higher than 1 ? bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 3.0 bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 6.0 How are results of those settings? I'm just curious as I have a hard time using auto

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam vector

2007-05-12 Thread Maciej Friedel
On 05/12/07 Abba wrote: > Is anyone using numbers higher than 1 ? bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 3.0 bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 6.0 maciek -- |_|0|_| Maciej Friedel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |_|_|0| http://wwv.pl - usługi hostingowe |0|0|0| http://eprogram.pl - proj

bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam vector

2007-05-12 Thread Abba Communications
Greetings In regards to bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam in local.cf Would anyone chime in again on the use of small negative numbers on this parameter please? Is anyone using 0? Is anyone using numbers between 0 and 1 Is anyone using numbers higher than 1 ? - rh -- Abba Communications

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2006-10-31 Thread Kelson
Chris Purves wrote: Running "grep noautolearn /usr/share/spamassassin/*" returns the list of tests with noautolearn set. ... No Bayes in this list. If your bayes database is well trained, then I don't see why it shouldn't be used to determine and train more spam or ham. It doesn't need to be

Re: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2006-10-31 Thread Chris Purves
I don't see why it shouldn't be used to determine and train more spam or ham. My current workaround is to set USER_IN_WHITELIST to the same value as BAYES_00 and set large thresholds like: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam = [0 - 5 - BAYES_00] bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam = [require

bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam

2006-10-31 Thread Adam Katz
y? I don't see mention of this on the wiki or list archives.) My current workaround is to set USER_IN_WHITELIST to the same value as BAYES_00 and set large thresholds like: bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam = [0 - 5 - BAYES_00] bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam = [required_score + 5 + BA