Is this really how bayes+autolearn works?

[Furnish, Trever G]

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> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf 
> Of Denis Beauchemin
> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 9:59 AM
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> Subject: Re: Is this really how bayes+autolearn works?

> They scored 10 here:
> 
> 	SpamAssassin (not cached, score=10.448, requis 4.5, 
> BAYES_50 0.00,
> 	INFO_TLD 1.27, SARE_LWHUGE 1.00, SARE_LWSHORTT 0.79,
> 	SARE_MLB_Stock1 1.66, SARE_MLB_Stock2 1.66, 
> SARE_MLB_Stock6 1.66,
> 	TVD_STOCK1 2.40)
> 
> The first one comes from base SA, all but the last one come 
> from 70_sare_stocks and the last one comes from 80_additional 
> in /var/lib/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org 
> (auto updated by SA).
> 
> Denis

Thanks very much.  I added 70_sare_stocks and got all the same hits,
except of course the TVD_STOCK1 rule.

I'm not presently using rules_du_jour or sa-update.  Am I correct in
guessing that your
/var/lib/spamassassin/3.001007/updates_spamassassin_org directory is a
sign that you're using sa-update, or is that generated from something
else?

I've been avoiding SARE, rules_du_jour, and sa-update on the theory that
I don't have time to catch misbehaving auto-updated rules before they
wreak havoc, and that  there aren't as many eyes watching those rules to
raise an alarm if a rule is bad.  I guess it's time to reconsider that
theory...

- Trever