Fundamental Training

[Charles A. Hewson]

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On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm sure this dummy question had been asked dozens of times but I
> couldn't figure out the problem on my own via googling --- I really am
> not sure if it is really a problem. Anyway, here it goes.
>
>  $ rm -rf ~/.bogofilter         # Clean previous bogofilter registrations.
>  $ bogofilter -s </tmp/spam.0   # Initialize bogofilter wordlist database.
>  $ bogofilter -v </tmp/spam.1   # Test without any prior knowledge.
>  X-Bogosity: Unsure, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.520000, version=1.1.7
>  $ bogofilter -s </tmp/spam.1   # Train bogofilter.
>  $ bogofilter -v </tmp/spam.1   # Test after training.
>  X-Bogosity: Unsure, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.520000, version=1.1.7
>
> I trained my bogofilter database with similar ~300 messages, but I still
> get spamicity=0.520000 for any message I used at the training. I must
> have been missing something obvious. Could anybody help me with this
> problem?
>
>
> Regards.
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You also need to train with some non-spam. I believe the suggested ratio 
is 1:4. Try 75 to 100 ham messages and scores will change.

$ bogofilter -n </tmp/ham.0
$ bogofilter -n </tmp/ham.1 .....
$ bogofilter -v </tmp/spam.###

Charles
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Charles Hewson <cahewson at eskimo.com>
Seattle, WA. U.S.A.
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