-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Simon,
Wednesday, November 26, 2003, 12:09:39 AM, you wrote: SB> IMHO Nigerian style spams will always be "Bayes poison" simply due to SB> the nature of the wording of the messages being so similar to normal SB> conversational text compared to "ordinary" spam which tends to have SB> words that aren't normally used. SB> ... SB> The main problem I notice with them is despite repeated manual and SB> automatic training on them, nigerian spams still frequently get SB> either a neutral bayes score (giving 0 points) and quite often a very SB> hammy bayes score giving them enough negative points to offset the SB> positive points given by the nigerian tests, so that bayes often SB> *prevents* a nigerian spam from being detected. My experience is different. Yes, I see a number of Nigerian spams that get a neutral Bayes score, but I don't see them with hammy scores, nor do I see ham getting spammy scores because of resemblance to the scams. Bob Menschel -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 iQA/AwUBP8SoGZebK8E4qh1HEQKpBQCeKp1JNsljraB7GaepcoqELbk9hagAoPec DhC5FVJ1yoWJy9wb5HlblIU1 =kZoM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
