On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 03:46:17PM +0200, Vesa-Matti J Kari wrote: > Can somebody explain why does this happen? I read a reply from the > archives that said something to the effect that this does not have to do > with learning. What is the point of this behavior, then?
It has to do with expiry. Each time a message is scanned by the Bayes system, the journal gets a list of the tokens and an atime update. To avoid the file getting too big, SA will (based on file size) sync the db with the atimes in the journal. The atimes are only useful for expiry, hence the "nothing to do with learning" comment. For expiry, the atimes specify the last time the token was seen (based on received time), and therefore allows LRU expiry to occur as per the sa-learn docs. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: A horse may go freely to water, but a pencil must be lead
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