Using the -u option and database size

[John G Walker]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:42:41 +0100 Peter Gutbrod <lists at media-fact.com>
wrote:

> So far I used the -u option with bogofilter. Meanwhile my wordlist.db
> has grow up to about 200 MB and I'm wondering, whether it puts much
> load onto the server to match each mail against such a big database.
> 
> I think the size is mainly due to the automatic registering with the
> -u option.
> 
> So what do you think? Is it better not to use the -u option to keep
> the database small? Or so you think a 200MB database is not a problem
> even on a production mailserver that is receiving thousands of (spam)
> email every day.
> 
> Peter
> 

I only register mails marked as 'unsure' or have been wrongly
categorised as ham or spam. There doesn't seem to be any reason to
register correct stuff twice.

Would this strategy help you?

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 All the best,
 John