Thanks Theo for these usefull answers. As we're using auto_learn and never use sa-learn by hand, is there a more particular risk if we simply delete the file ?
Here's the configuration we use about Bayes : use_bayes 1 use_bayes_rules 1 bayes_auto_learn 1 -----Message d'origine----- De : Theo Van Dinter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoyé : mardi 12 juin 2007 17:06 À : users@spamassassin.apache.org Objet : Re: How to decrease the bayes database size On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 10:07:15AM +0200, Stéphane LEPREVOST wrote: > Thanks for this tip but what about the efficiency of the Bayes > Database after this operation ? The _seen database just tracks which mails have been learned from, and has no effect on the ratings coming out of the Bayes system. > Is ther a way to export the real records of the file before deleting > it and then re-import them back to it ? Shall we use something similar > to check_whitelist and trim_whitelist tools ? There'd be no point to that, entries are only deleted rarely (whenever you do a "sa-learn --forget"), otherwise they're just added. If you're not worried about relearning the same mail, then just delete the seen DB file. -- Randomly Selected Tagline: Last year we drove across the country... We switched on the driving... every half mile. We had one cassette tape to listen to on the entire trip. I don't remember what it was. -- Steven Wright
