> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Andersen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 4:54 AM
> To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Endividual user settings for Spam , advice needed
>
>
> On Wednesday 26 July 2006 00:42, jdow wrote:
> > For small installations, where I think SA can be at its most
> > devastatingly accurate, per user rules are required.
>
> > For large installations per user rules become cumbersome
> time eaters.
> > They just don't need to enable it at all, take the accuracy hit, and
> > proceed with life doing the best they can.
>
> My take is exactly the opposite. Small shops are usually focused,
> and single purpose, and can live fine with site-wide rules.
>
> Larger companies have many more specialties working together
> and the advertising manager would want different rules than
> the engineer. Individual rules are essential.
>
>
> This is what bayes is for. The power and accuracy of bayes seems to
> overshadow all the other rules.
>
> The big missing feature in SA is a standardized and reliable way
> of training individual bayes databases of users. If you have
> a windows
> shop with linux mail servers and you don't run imap its
> almost impossible
> to get end users to train their bayes.
I agree with you. Every rule I've written for one user at our company has benefited other users.
My fear of per user rules, like all of my nightmares, is the users themselves. They can't manage to figure out right clicking, never mind regex!
And working with SARE has taught me that even the great and mighty Chris (me) who thinks he has mastered the art of rule writing, can come up with something completely awful when tested on other corp(i|a|us|uses). I'd rather not have to answer phone calls from users writing their own rules.
--Chris
(I hear its nice weather out today.)
