new file --- GETTING.STARTED
Tom Anderson
tanderso at oac-design.com
Mon Oct 25 18:13:16 CEST 2004
> --- Ongoing training ---
>
> Bogofilter can only do a good job if it has accurate and
> comprehensive information in its wordlist.
>
> As time goes by and bogofilter classifies messages for you, it
> will encounter problems time because it doesn't have enough
> information to correctly classify each and every message. It's
> important to check message classifications!
>
> "False negatives", i.e. spam classified as ham, are easy since
> they'll appear in your inbox and be noticed. "False positives"
> are important to find because they're messages you want! All
> messages in these groups should be used to train bogofilter.
>
> Filtering "Unsure" messsages into a separate folder (or mailbox),
> and separating them into spam and ham, gives a good set of
> messages for training (using bogofilter's "-s" and "-n" flags).
You may want to diverge into, or link to, different methods of ongoing
training, including IMAP and bfproxy.
Tom
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