MS/SA occasionally not calling Bayes?

Michael St. Laurent mikes at HARTWELLCORP.COM
Thu May 6 21:27:54 IST 2004


David Lee <mailto:t.d.lee at DURHAM.AC.UK> wrote:
> Most spams include, as expected, a "BAYES_nn=ii" in the score, and
> often of course these are "BAYES_99".  Fine so far.  Sometimes the
> values are lower, including BAYES_50=0.0 and BAYES_44=-0.0 values.
> This latter point demonstrates that at least Bayes has been has been
> invoked.  Again, fine. But occasionally a spam will fail to include
> any such score, as if it has somehow bypassed SA/Bayes (or been
> ignored by it, or similar).

I too see this on occasion when I look at the headers to see why a spam
email slipped through all the filters.

--
Michael St. Laurent
Hartwell Corporation

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