-----Original Message----- From: Pete McNeil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've actually been thinking very strongly of reorganizing the rule group IDs recently. Especially in light of the new changes we've made with robots et al. The accuracy of the Experimental IP group has gone up considerably - and most of the false positives you've discussed should be eliminated over time (bounces especially). All that said, I think the first step to reordering the groups might be to change the sequence of the 4 highest numbers as follows: 63: Experimental Received [IP] 62: Obfuscation 61: Experimental Abstract 60: General This order is based on a least to most specific order. It turns out that the majority of General rules are simply specific patterns that don't fit existing rule groups; Experimental Abstract tend to be either abstracted patterns from specific or general patterns - or automatically generated URI candidates; Obfuscation are patterns that detect obfuscation techniques that are not specific to any particular kind of spam, and since Received [IP] rules only identify a source they are the most generalized (whether manually or automatically generated). According to a recent spam test quality analysis the accuracy and coverage for these groups in this order follows like this: 63: Experimental Received [IP] SA = 0.81 Coverage = 7.63% 62: Obfuscation SA = 1.00 Coverage = 2.58% 61: Experimental Abstract SA = 0.92 Coverage = 25.82% 60: General SA = 0.81 Coverage = 1.82% How would you feel about this order? ++++++++++ I'm not Matt, but I very much like this idea. Please let us know when you plan to make this change so we can adjust our tests accordingly. Thanks! Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any included attachments are from Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and are intended only for the addressee(s). The information contained herein may include trade secrets or privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you received this message in error, or have reason to believe you are not authorized to receive it, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender by e-mail with a copy to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you This E-Mail came from the Message Sniffer mailing list. For information and (un)subscription instructions go to http://www.sortmonster.com/MessageSniffer/Help/Help.html
