tri-state transition [was: bogofilter-0.93.0 - Significant Changes]

[David Relson]

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:03:11 +0000
Robin Bowes wrote:

> David Relson wrote:
> > 
> > In tri-state mode messages are scored as "Spam", "Ham", or "Unsure"
> > rather than just "Yes" or "No".  This affects the "X-Bogosity:" line
> > and you may need to change scripts in procmail, maildrop, etc and
> > filters in your MUA. 
> 
> Just an idea, but wouldn't it make the upgrade easier if the tri-state
> 
> mode messages were "Yes, "No" and "Unsure"?
> 
> R.
> -- 
> http://robinbowes.com

Hi Robin,

Good point!  However there are two things going on here.  Adding the
third "Unsure" state is one and having better labels is the other, i.e.
"Spam" and "Ham" rather than "Yes" and "No".

If you'd rather make the transition in smaller steps, enable the
"spamicity_tags = Yes, No, Unsure" line in bogofilter.cf.

Remember, the goal is having bogofilter-1.0 be as good as possible.

David