New script to train bogofilter

Boris 'pi' Piwinger 3.14 at logic.univie.ac.at
Thu Jul 3 14:27:31 CEST 2003


David Relson wrote:

> Bogofilter already has a "train on error" script.  It is 
> contrib/randomtrain. 

I know. I discussed that with Greg.

> As I view the two scripts, the big difference is that 
> they use different message orders when scoring.  You use the mailbox order, 
> which I presume to be the order of receipt, while randomtrain uses a random 
> ordering.

Exactly.

> Having written build-bogofilter-database.pl, I know that you prefer 
> it.  Question:  have you considered randomtrain?

I had a look at it but could not really understand how it
works. I guess it does not look at all messages. That might
be another difference.

pi





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