Hi, It's possible to let SA learn to distinguish your spam, but its not as simple as ust adding a spam to the list.
Suppose you could give SA an email and tell it to block it. Suppose that you then get another spam with looks _almost_ like the one you got before, but there's a tiny difference. If all SA knows is that one email you gave it, it won't recognize the new one as spam and it'll still get through. SA comes with a better solution. It has a Bayesian filter, which means that it can learn from a large number of spam and ham (ie. not spam) so that it can identify general patters. This way, it can get really good at identifying spam based on past experience, even if it has never gotten that particular spam before. With proper training, the Bayesian filter can become almost as good as a human at telling spam. To activate the Bayesian filter put the following line in ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs : use_bayes 1 # 1 means "true". Bayes won't kick in until you have at least 200 ham and 200 spam in the database. To learn how to teach Bayes, look at the "sa-learn" manpage. Cheers, Daniel. On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 09:32:45AM -0500, Cherie Gatlin wrote: > > Hi, I would just like to know how to ADD emails to spamassassin. It > catches quite a few, but I still get 6 or 7 a day and I would like to > know how to configure the program to catch those the next time they > come in. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Cherie > > ************************************************************ > Cherie Gatlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Office Manager - Students' Legal Assistance > Student Center - 3rd floor; mailcode: 4426 > SIUC - Carbondale, IL 62901-4426 > phone: (618) 453-6548; fax: (618) 453-6552 > ************************************************************ > > References > > 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Daniel Carrera | PGP: 6643 8C8B 3522 66CB D16C D779 2FDD 7DAC 9AF7 7A88 Math PhD. UMD | http://www.math.umd.edu/~dcarrera/pgp.html * * * * * Weekly Smile * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sign in a hotel in Athens: Visitors are expected to complain at the office between the hours of 9 and 11 A.M. daily. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ------------------------------------------------------- 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
