I'm no expert on Bayes, but as far as I know, repeatedly learning the same message over and over again doesn't do you any good. Once the tokens are in there, that's it. The bayes score goes up as more tokens in the message match
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, and confirm if I'm right... It would help me out too. Steve > -----Original Message----- > From: Chuck Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 3:54 PM > To: Steve Bondy > Cc: SpamAssassin Users > Subject: Re: Bayes question > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 12:56:43PM -0600, Steve Bondy wrote: > > Just because you learn something as spam doesn't mean it will be > > blocked. SA will add a score to the message based on the > bayes rules, > > but if the bayes rules are the only ones that get hit, and > they score > > less than your threshold, it won't keep the stuff out. > > For example, the default score in 2.6.x for BAYES_90 is > either 2.454 or > > 2.101. If that's the only rule you hit, and your threshold is above > > those numbers, it will come through. > > > > But what if you repeatedly learn the message(s) in question as spam? > Shouldn't bayes start to give it higher scores? If it > becomes a near perfect > match, it should get a bayes_99, right? > > -chuck > > >
