Thanks! I am thinking I will scp /var/spool/mail/thomas.cameron to my relay server and "sa-learn --ham" it once a week or so. -- Thomas Cameron, RHCE, CNE, MCSE, MCT Cameron Technical Services, Inc. http://www.camerontech.com/ (512) 454-3200 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Menschel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Thomas Cameron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 12:52 AM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Bayes ratios?
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Thomas, > > IMO, yes, you should feed it some ham, but don't worry about keeping the > ratio even or close. I'd suggest feeding it some ham that has positive > scores from time to time, say one ham for every 20-30 spam. That ratio > seems to be sufficient for me -- Bayes is doing a wonderful job here. > > Bob Menschel > > Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 1:31:14 PM, you wrote: > > TC> All - > > TC> I have trained Bayes using about 1000 ham and 2000 spam. As time > goes on, I > TC> am feeding Bayes false negatives (spam that slipped through). If I > get to > TC> the point where there are several thousand spam and only the original > 1000 > TC> ham will it screw up Bayes? In other words, do I need to keep the > ham:spam > TC> ratio even or anything like that? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 8.0 > > iQA/AwUBPydc/ZebK8E4qh1HEQLT/ACeLj3LubQbkM81uIFppleB0bLSYeUAoJ9N > tbJVtUM02cvLnbZIPZ4FTdwC > =Zj9t > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
