when is Bayes scoring used?

[Dene Ulmschneider]

When I tried that - the output returned some errors about not being able to
parse some whitelist_from and blacklist_from so I commented them out since
I have the white and black lists in separate files anyway. Other than that
- the output was identical.

As far as the bayes_path - I would think that it is set correctly (even
though I did not specify in any file anywhere) because when MS is scanning
messages - I can see the lock file created and deleted. Also, all of the
relevant Bayes files are being modified many times every day.

If you feel that specifying the bayes_path will help - I will try it - but
the spam.assassin.prefs.conf says that you only need to do that if you move
it from the default location...

thanks

Dene

At 02:48 PM 5/7/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Dene,
>
>How about trying this:
>
>'sa-learn -D -p /etc/MailScanner/spam.assassin.prefs.conf --rebuild'
>
>Does this show anything different? Also, have you set 'bayes_path' in any of
>the prefs files?
>
>Kind regards,
>Steve
>--
>Steve Freegard
>Systems Manager
>Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Dene Ulmschneider
> > Reply To:     MailScanner mailing list
> > Sent:         Wednesday, May 7, 2003 2:41 PM
> > To:   MAILSCANNER at jiscmail.ac.uk
> > Subject:      Re: when is Bayes scoring used?
> >
> > Julian-
> >
> > there was a message that I sent yesterday (clipped it out of last email to
> > list) that showed the complete output of the command "sa-learn -D
> > --rebuild". That's how I know the system says there are "Only 87 spam(s)
> > in
> > Bayes_db < 200".
> >
> > I cannot figure out why the learn.spam.log is always counting "learned
> > from" messages but it is not increasing the number when I run the
> > "sa-learn
> > -D --rebuild".
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Dene
> >
> >
> > At 01:50 PM 5/7/2003 +0100, you wrote:
> > >At 13:32 07/05/2003, you wrote:
> > >>OK - this is really getting a little confusing...
> > >>
> > >>I checked my "learn.spam.log" this morning and a found the following
> > entries:
> > >>
> > >>Wed May 7 00:01:01 EDT 2003
> > >>Learned from 4 messages.
> > >>Learned from 1 messages.
> > >>Wed May 7 01:01:01 EDT 2003
> > >>
> > >>The problem is that when I run sa-learn -D --rebuild I still get the
> > >>message that says:
> > >>Only 87 spam(s) in Bayes_db < 200
> > >>(it should be AT LEAST the 87 form yesterday plus the ones listed above
> > -
> > >>right?)
> > >>
> > >>Can anyone tell me how to fix this? The Bayes files on
> > /root/.spamassassin
> > >>are all being updated multiple times per day so I know it is working,
> > >>unless of course the sa-learn command is reading Bayes info from another
> > >>directory that really DOES only have 87 spam(s).
> > >>
> > >>Is there a way to run sa-learn and have it tell you the path that it is
> > >>reading the Bayes info from?
> > >
> > >Have you tried
> > >         sa-learn -D
> > >? I just ran "sa-learn" on its own and it prints the usage for you.
> > >
> > >
> > >>Thank for any assistance.
> > >>
> > >>Dene
> > >>
> > >>At 02:38 PM 5/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> > >>>something else to add...
> > >>>
> > >>>According the script that Julian provided to run sa-learn through cron,
> > >>>my log is called "learn.spam.log"
> > >>>
> > >>>When I checked that file - I added up all of the "learned form XX
> > >>>messages" and the total number was 447.
> > >>>
> > >>>Is the "learned from" referring to spam and ham? Is it possible that I
> > >>>have 87 spam and the rest of them a ham? I thought I was pretty sure
> > that
> > >>>more spam was getting processed than ham - but I could be wrong.
> > >>>
> > >>>Can anyone shed a little light?
> > >>>
> > >>>Dene
> > >
> > >--
> > >Julian Field
> > >www.MailScanner.info
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> >
> >
>
>
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