> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rudd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 6:38 AM
> To: Sietse van Zanen
> Cc: SpamAssassin Users
> Subject: Re: SA Score -> Confidence Percentage
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> I can see how plugins and add-on rules all affect it, but certainly
> they have some sort of base comparison that lets them know
> when they've
> gotten the right score values for the base rules, right?
I'm confused by your statement. (I'm also distracted by shiny objects....)
When rules scores are formed, they are scored based off a large corpus, additional rules, and set in the very moment they are scored. Once in place, SA really has no live knowledge of a corpus and other rules scores. (Other then Bayes, if you run it.)
I believe we also crossed this bridge when we discussed dynamic scoring. The CPU cycles were found to be rather expensive. And similar results could be had with bayes already.
Chris Santerre
SysAdmin and SARE/URIBL ninja
http://www.uribl.com
http://www.rulesemporium.com
