bayes DB not growing

[Martin Hepworth]

Billy

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Billy A. Pumphrey wrote:
> Hhmm...I am a newbie so I don't know why that is.
>
> I did go and check some non spam messages and here is an example:
> spam autolearn=not
> -2.60 BAYES_00 Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1%
> 0.70 DATE_IN_PAST_12_24 Date: is 12 to 24 hours before Received: date
> 0.00 HTML_MESSAGE HTML included in message
>
> So I getting at least one autolearn=not.  So looks like my autolearn
> reporting is working OK.
>
> BTW: How do you feed spamassassin ham and spam?
>
> Billy Pumphrey
> IT Manager
> Wooden & McLaughlin
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Arif Malik [mailto:Arifm at TOMASJEWELRY.COM]
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 10:39 AM
>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>Subject: Re: bayes DB not growing
>>
>>Hmm - what I am seeing in my logs, is EVERY message shows
>>"autolearn=spam" - even though my bayes DB isn't growing... even
>>messages that aren't tagged as spam are showing it - for example:
>>
>>May 15 07:05:42 filter MailScanner[11331]: Message 1DXJk9-00083F-Tv
>
> from
>
>>209.0.2
>>4.12 (bounce-flnl-45112503 at mx01.gamerival.com) to adggdwe.com is not
>>spam, SpamA
>>ssassin (score=2.733, required 4, autolearn=spam, AWL 1.02,
>
> HTML_90_100
>
>>0.19, HT
>>ML_FONT_BIG 0.23, HTML_MESSAGE 0.00, MIME_HEADER_CTYPE_ONLY 0.48,
>>NO_REAL_NAME 0
>>.18, URIBL_SBL 0.63)
>>
>>shouldn't only messages that are considered spam be showing the
>>"autolearn=spam" ??? I still don't know why the bayes DB only has 1
>
> spam
>
>>in it still, but I will try using sa-learn to feed it 200 spams and
>
> hams
>
>>and see what happens... but I am still wondering about the autolearn
>>behavior, if anyone has any insight.. thanks!
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: MailScanner mailing list [mailto:MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On
>>Behalf Of Billy A. Pumphrey
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 7:48 AM
>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>Subject: Re: bayes DB not growing
>>
>>That is a good link.  On my mailwatch, I look at the spam messages and
>
> I
>
>>do see this a lot:
>>Autolearn=spam
>>
>>I also see that some messages do not have a autolearn= I am guessing
>>that it was not autolearned because from the link, it said that a
>>message needs 3 points from the header and 3 points from the body to
>
> be
>
>>autolearned.
>>
>>When I do a spamassassin -D --lint.  I get:
>>debug: bayes: found bayes db version 3
>>debug: using "/root/.spamassassin" for user state dir
>>debug: bayes: Not available for scanning, only 0 spam(s) in Bayes DB <
>>200
>>
>>So mine says that there are only 0 spams.  Does this mean that I need
>
> to
>
>>fix something?
>>
>>
>>Billy Pumphrey
>>IT Manager
>>Wooden & McLaughlin
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Raylund Lai [mailto:raylund.lai at KANKANWOO.COM]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:59 AM
>>>To: MAILSCANNER at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>>>Subject: Re: bayes DB not growing
>>>
>>>have a look on this link to see whether it answer your question.
>>>http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/AutolearningNotWorking
>>>
>>>Cheers
>>>Raylund
>>>
>>>Arif Malik wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have a new installation of mailscanner, and for the last few
>
> days
>
>>I
>>
>>>>keep noticing the following message:
>>>>
>>>>debug: bayes: Not available for scanning, only 0 spam(s) in Bayes
>
> DB
>
>><
>>
>>>200
>>>
>>>>now today, it has finally changed to: debug: bayes: Not available
>>
>>for
>>
>>>>scanning, only 1 spam(s) in Bayes DB < 200 but there has been
>
> quite
>
>>>>a few spams that have gone through, and
>>
>>have
>>
>>>>been marked as spam, and i see "autolearn=spam" in the log.
>>
>>shouldn't
>>
>>>>these be added to the bayes DB?? here is the rest of that part of
>>
>>the
>>
>>>>log that deals with bayes:
>>>>
>>>>debug: bayes: 2357 tie-ing to DB file R/O
>>>>/home/exim/.spamassassin/bayes_toks
>>>>debug: bayes: 2357 tie-ing to DB file R/O
>>>>/home/exim/.spamassassin/bayes_seen
>>>>debug: bayes: found bayes db version 3
>>>>debug: bayes: Not available for scanning, only 1 spam(s) in Bayes
>
> DB
>
>><
>>
>>>200
>>>
>>>>debug: bayes: 2357 untie-ing
>>>>debug: bayes: 2357 untie-ing db_toks
>>>>debug: bayes: 2357 untie-ing db_seen
>>>>debug: Score set 1 chosen.
>>>>
>>>>any idea what i might be doing wrong ? it is odd to me that 1
>
> email
>
>>>>did finally end up in the bayes db... thanks for any help!!!
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