----- Original Message ----- From: "John P Verel" <jverel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Jake McHenry" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday 15 December 2003 18:32 Subject: Re: Spam > > > Well, spamassassin does in fact 'de-fang' mime, so you've got that > already. > > My experience with spamassassin, which is EXCELLENT, is that the key is > to move all the false negatives to your spam folder and to run the > sa-learn program regularly. I've also changed my rules set so that a > Bayes90 hit gets an automatic 5 points. I've had 1 false positive in > the last month. Spamassassin has caught between 650 and 700 in each of > the last three weeks, with I'd guess 10-15 false negatives a week (e.g. > 1 or 2 a day.) The number of false negatives keeps dropping the more I > use sa-learn. > > Spamassasin is the greatest, IMHO. > > John > > In order to understand your numbers above - how many emails do you normally get a day and/or a week? I normally get about 300 emails a day and usually about 100 is spam. False spam is about 12 a day and uncaught spam is about 20 a day. - - - - - "Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them." The Little Prince Lokrin (TechAss) Technical Assailant http://lokrin.net - - - - --- Outgoing male is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.545 / Virus Database: 339 - Release Date: 03/11/27 -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
