patch for bogofilter status line

Graham Wilson bob at decoy.wox.org
Sun Dec 1 18:35:17 CET 2002


On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 08:44:20AM -0500, David Relson wrote:
> At 12:42 AM 12/1/02, Graham Wilson wrote:
> >> I'm also contemplating what is likely a significant change>  It
> >> would be good for each of the three classifications (Spam, Ham,
> >> Unsure) to have its own label (for example "Yes", "No", "Unsure" or
> >> "+", "-", "?" ) and format.
[...]
> True.  Fewer config variables makes life simpler.  However R-F values for 
> ham and spam tend to be _very_ close to 0 and 1, while the unsure values 
> can be all over the map.  "Very close" means that a format like %0.6f will 
> usually show 0.000000 or 1.000000, so "%6.2f" is more informative.  For 
> example, message 8 in the regression tests has graham score of 1.000000, 
> robinson score of 0.692182, and R-F score of 1.000000 (using %0.6f) or 
> 8.88e-16 (using delta, i.e. 1-score, and %6.2e).
> 
> Given the difference in scores for R-F, I deemed it useful to have 
> different formats for the 3 states (ham/spam/unsure) and to have config 
> file options for specifying them.  For someone who absolutely doesn't want 
> to have a config file, he/she can modify the source code to use his/her 
> values.

i understand what you mean now. with what you are trying to do i guess
there is no way to avoid adding other config file variables. oh well.

> The offer is appreciated, as is the work you have done.

thanks.

--
gram




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