bogofilter per user config..

[David Relson]

On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:39:51 +0100
Andrzej Kwiatkowski wrote:

> Hello..
> 
> I want to use bogofilter in hosting system for my clients...
> And I wonder if it is possible to change bogofilter to per user
> config.. I know about .bogofilter dir, but i have virtual accounts.
> 
> It's not a problem for me, i think i can change source to use f.e.
> PostgreSQL database for storing config..
> 
> But my problem, if this changes make sense..
> 
> It is better use one wordlist for all, or wordlist for particular user ?
> And the same with config.....
> 
> Any help needed..
> 
> Thanks
> AK

H'lo Andrzej,

Since different users have different interests, for the greatest
accuracy, each user should his/her own wordlist.  However a single
system-wide wordlist also works well.

Consider two types of business users -- the marketing guy and the
technical guy.  The marketing guy gets all sorts of sales literature,
and it likely uses html and lots of color and fonts.  The technical guy
gets plain text messages and _hates_ all sales literature (because it's
usually spam).  Having these two guys share a wordlist will give less
than ideal filtering results.

Given an environment with hundreds (or thousands) of users, having
individual wordlists may require lots of storage space.  One approach
is to have a common wordlist and have a sys admin look at messages
scored as "Unsure" and register them as ham or spam.

HTH,

David