Dave Emory wrote: > It still doesn't make sense to me. If the regex is for catching spam, why > do you want the spammer to be treated as redlisted? >
There are many things that for the sake of the effectiveness of the Bayesian database, should simple be discarded without being added to the corpus. By using a redRe and bombRe together, you can get that effect. redRe so it's not added to the corpus, and bombRe so that it is blocked from delivery to the recipient. Ideally we only want relevant content in the Bayesian database. If you/we can find any basis for the complete exclusion of a type of spam, it is typically beneficial to do so. By allowing it in, it increases that opportunity for your corpus to become unbalanced (polluted). > The user interface says: > If an email matches this Perl regular expression it will be considered > redlisted. The redlist is a list of addresses that cannot contribute to the > whitelist, and who are not considered local, even if their mail is from a > local computer. For example, if someone goes on a vacation and turns on > their email's autoresponder, put them on the redlist until they return. Then > as they reply to every spam they receive they won't corrupt your non-spam > collection or whitelist: \[autoreply\] > Redlisted addresses will not be added to the whitelist. Redlisted messages > will not be stored in the SPAM/NOTSPAM-collection. As all fields marked by * > this field accepts a list separated by | or a specified file > 'file:files/redre.txt' . > This is still a true description, and why it was originally created. But additional creative use of the redRe can prove beneficial to keeping a tidy corpus. e.g. I have an elaborate redRe that excludes many things of a personal nature to my users. In my opinion, it only causes pollution. > And there's a separate charset variable (bombCharSets) in the Regex section > for these strings. Personally, I found the implementation to be flawed and I stopped using it (IIRC, I don't think it could handle wildcards). I have a specialty regex that I use in my bombRe - and will not also be using in my redRe - thanks to Fritz's insight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Assp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/assp-user
