bogofilter-17.2 - first impressions

[David Relson]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 09:20:49 -0500
Eric Wood wrote:

> 1. I was completely happy with 15.8 until I read about the small file
> size in the changelogs - Whoohoo!:
> 
> 15.8:
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1168696 Oct 29 21:29
> /usr/bin/bogofilter-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1121048 Oct 29
> 21:29 /usr/bin/bogolexer-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      1178712 Oct
> 29 21:29 /usr/bin/bogotune
> 
> 17.2:
> -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       195560 Feb 23 08:05
> /usr/bin/bogofilter-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root        80968 Feb 23
> 08:05 /usr/bin/bogolexer-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root       210120 Feb
> 23 08:05 /usr/bin/bogotune
> 
> 
> 2. The patch.0222.datastore_db.c got me going with DB ver 3 on RH 7.3.
> 
> 3. The other day, using 15.8,  I compacted my wordlist with the
> "bogoutil -d wordlist.db | bogoutil -l new.db" trick (resized from
> 125Meg to 70Meg) and was dismayed at how fast the wordlist grew back
> again toward 125 Megs - because I use the "-u".
> 
> Now running the new bogofilter version,  I just learned about anew
> parameter that should greatly slow the grow rate of my wordlist
> database:
>   thresh_update=0.01
> This really should be in the FAQ page - "Database Questions : I do I
> control the growth rate of my wordlist database?

Good idea!