Bayesian database not learning

Douglas Ward dward at nccumc.org
Tue Oct 10 15:20:34 IST 2006


I did check that.  Wouldn't sa-learn know which database it was using to learn?

On 10/10/06, Billy A. Pumphrey <bpumphrey at woodmclaw.com> wrote:
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> > bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Douglas Ward
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:58 AM
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> > Subject: Bayesian database not learning
> >
> > I trained my bayesian database about four weeks ago with about 600 or
> > so ham and spam messages.  Spamassassin should be autolearning based
> > on the following defaults:
> >
> > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.1
> > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 12.0
> >
> > In the four weeks since I trained the database it does not look like
> > it has learned anything.  When I run the sa-learn command the spam/ham
> > count is the same as the day I trained it.  Are these defaults to
> > high/low?  Should they be changed?
> > --
>
> Make sure that you are training and looking at the correct bayes
> database.  See the spam.assassin.prefs.conf file for the bayes database
> location.
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