Bogofilter

[Administrateur Systeme]

Tim Sellar wrote:

>There is a relevant artivle showing Bogofilter vs. SpamAssassin  here:
>http://lwn.net/Articles/9460/.
>
>Given bogofilters huge performance advantage I am considering implementing
>it as a primary spam filter. Mail which gets past it would then be passed to
>Spam Assassin acting as a secondary filter. I would hope this gives the best
>of both worlds. As a system wide filter I cannot guarantee the effectiveness
>of any initial training I apply to bogofilter to reflect an individuals
>particular email but can hopefully rely on Spam Assassin to catch most of
>what bogofilter misses. Over time, spam trapped by SA will be fed back
>(automatically?) to improve bogofilter's effectiveness and reduce reliance
>on SA - hopefully giving better system performance...
>
>Anyone see any flaws with this two-pronged approach?
>
>What this does mean is I need to look at getting Mailscanner working with
>both Exim and bogofilter...
>
>Tim
>
>
Doesn't the SA 2.50 incorporate a bayesian filter along the lines of
P. Graham's paper ?

Chris


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