bogofilter's default algorithm

[David Relson]

Greetings,

One of the big questions amongst the bogofilter developers is:

	What algorithms are people using with bogofilter?

The initial implementation of bogofilter used the Graham algorithm and that 
remained the default for months.

The Robinson algorithm became available with version 0.7.6 in October and 
became the default algorithm as of version 0.9.1 at the end of 
November.  It's the default algorithm in the current stable version of 
bogofilter, i.e. 0.9.1.2.

The Robinson-Fisher algorithm was implemented during November and was 
released as part of 0.9.1.  It's an improvement over Robinson with its 
ternary result, i.e.

	it's spam - and I (bogofilter) am sure of it
	it's ham  - and I'm sure of that
	it's not clear and I can't tell with any certainty.

I think it's time to promote the Robinson-Fisher bogofilter's standard 
(default) algorithm.  Version 0.10.0 has been released, though it hasn't 
achieved "stable" status as yet.  I'm planning on the algorithm change once 
0.10.0 is stable.  Note that bogofilter will continue to support the older 
algorithms.  They will still be selectable by command line switch or config 
file option.

David