New version

[David Relson]

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:54:48 -0500
Tom Allison wrote:

> Boris 'pi' Piwinger wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > It's been a while and there are some patches. Are there
> > outstanding issues before a new version?
> > 
> > pi
> > 
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> 
> I have a request for the next version update:
> 
> Can we add a comment in the bogofilter.cf file or the docs, whichever
> is appropriate, to mention:  abs(0.5 - robx) < min_dev  or else.
> 
> I know if I RTM and think it through I will figure this out on my own,
> 
> but this parameter difference is so critical that some newbie (like 
> myself) might accidently fiddle with these parameters before they
> fully understand what it is that they are doing and suffer the
> consequences.
> 
> Perhaps something to the effect of:
> min_dev: you want to make sure your robx value is within the range of 
> 0.50 +/- min_dev.  If you don't then all your new tokens will be 
> included in calculations and have strange results on your scores.

Tom,

It's not really such a strange result.  The 0.415 value is purposefully
hammish so that bogofilter will favor false negatives.  Having a false
negative is a nuisance, while having a false positive is a problem --
since something wanted is marked as unwanted.

David