Bogofilter does not verbose output anymore

David Relson relson at osagesoftware.com
Thu Nov 13 02:16:40 CET 2003


On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 16:29:48 -0800
Chris Wilkes <cwilkes-bf at ladro.com> wrote:

 
> Yep, I thought that's what he wanted with a directory name like
> "SPAMDIR" -- I took it to mean that these emails should be labeled as
> spam and aren't.
> 
> > I know I don't keep registering a message until it scores
> > "correctly". Also, multiple registering is contrary to the bayesian
> > principle.
> 
> Really?  So you should only register an email one time, and if it
> doesn't get "over the hump" of being misclassified you shouldn't care?
> Its been my experience that registering a misclassified email over and
> over until it scores correctly has helped out my classifications.
> 
> Chris

Chris,

There are two schools of thought on the matter.  One school says
"register once and only once".  The other says "keep registering until
it scores right".  Which one is "right" is debatable, though the first
is closest to the bayesian principle where everything is counted once.

David




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