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Theo Van Dinter writes:
>On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:26:46AM -0500, Jack Gostl wrote:
>> I sometimes wonder if the whole system wouldn't be smaller and stabler if
>> it were entirely Bayes based.
>
>Well, sure it would be.  But frankly, if you want Bayes only, there
>are several other projects out there to look at... SpamBayes, CRM114,
>etc, etc.
>
>Bayes works fairly well on its own, assuming decent learning, until
>spammers start attacking the algorithm or the code.  Then it kind of
>falls on its face until the attack is countered.
>
>The idea of SA is to use multiple detection systems such that even if
>one or two don't work, the message will still probably be caught from
>the others.

BTW I've attempted to come up with ways to use Bayes as the core
in the past, without much luck; the current mechanism gives the
highest degree of accuracy in my tests.

- --j.
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