Hello pjh, Tuesday, December 30, 2003, 3:24:01 PM, you wrote:
p> Is it true then, that if I do not use sa-learn, that p> no Bayesian filtering occurs? No, it is not true. Bayesian filtering will take place if a) the option is on by default or specifically in *.cf or user_prefs, and b) at least 200 ham and 200 spam have been learned (by auto-learn or manual) To force Bayes filtering off, specify > use_bayes 0 Bob Menschel p> ----- Original Message ----- p> From: "Martin Radford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> p> To: "pjh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> p> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> p> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 12:50 PM p> Subject: Re: [SAtalk] user vs local prefs >> At Tue Dec 30 19:25:57 2003, pjh wrote: >> > >> > Hi All, >> > >> > Is there any way I can differentiate between spam being detected using the >> > local.cf file and that from the user_prefs file? >> > >> > The reason I ask is that I would like to know if the sa-learn application >> > I am running is having an effect. >> > >> > I know the user_prefs files is being used because I can set the threshold >> > low enough to force all my incoming mail to be tagged as spam, >> > but I don't know how to tell if the training effort is actually catching >> > spam that the site-wide (local.cf) is letting through. >> >> I think you misunderstand how things work -- bayes classification is >> independent of local.cf and user_prefs (well, except for the fact that >> you can turn bayes on and off from either). >> >> You can see how well the bayes classification (the results of using >> sa-learn) works by looking for the BAYES_xx entries in the report that >> SpamAssassin adds. >> >> Martin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
