----- "Clunk Werclick" <mailbacku...@googlemail.com> wrote:
| On Sun, 2009-09-13 at 16:37 -0600, LuKreme wrote: | > On 12-Sep-2009, at 10:27, Clunk Werclick wrote: | > > I disagree. It can do as much harm as good. My own view and | > > observation | > > from the past have rendered it pointless in my context. It adds | > > latency, | > > is easily poisoned and rarely makes much difference to the score. | I do | > > appreciate some people like it, but my own view is spam has moved | on | > > beyond the point of it being useful. | > | > Facts? we don't need no pesky facts. You are very misinformed. | Myself, I've seen some very poor Bayesian databases where users have | been allowed to categorize mail as spam-v-ham. One company who deal | with | Pharmaceuticals for famine relief in Uganda and other poor African | countries found bayes to mess with their core mail to a point that | made | it worthless in their context. | | It really comes down to the context and effort -v- the return. | > > No thanks, I'll pass on that. In this specific case it still would | not | > > have increased the score to a point where the clock cycles made it | | > > worth | > > it. | > | > The Bayes score ALONE would have pushed this over the spam threshold | | > on my machine. | My point is the content of that mail, which has been circulating for | weeks almost unchanged, really should bite on a core rule, not rely | on | plugins and bayes to catch it. | | <tangent>Interestingly, It is fair to say that Jari's follow up *did* | show Bayes giving it 5 points. This was then destroyed by AWL | dropping | 4.1 off of it: | | 5.0 BAYES_99 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 99 to 100% | -4.1 AWL: From: address is in the auto machine.</tangent> | | I've created a custom meta rule; I'm almost sorry I came here and | asked. | Some of the people here on this list are just so rude, and you sir, | are | an Arsehole! | | > | | -- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | C Werclick .Lot | Technical incompetent | Loyal Order Of The Teapot. | | This e-mail and its attachments is intended only to be used as an | e-mail | and an attachment. Any use of it for other purposes other than as an | e-mail and an attachment will not be covered by any warranty that may | or | may not form part of this e-mail and attachment. | And that kind of post can get you banned aswell! Bayes works and any issues found are normally down to bad training. Perhaps the second line of your sig may be the reason ? ;) -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content and is believed to be clean. SplatNIX IT Services :: Innovation through collaboration
