On 2022-02-07 at 12:32:18 UTC-0500 (Mon, 7 Feb 2022 18:32:18 +0100)
Giovanni Bechis <[email protected]>
is rumored to have said:

> Hi,
> as per Mail::SpamAssassin::Conf(3), bayes_auto_learn defaults to 1/true.
> Is anybody against changing its default value to 0/false on trunk (aka 
> SpamAssassin 4.x) ?

-1

I know that there is a broad consensus among people who pay close attention to 
SA that auto-learning is risky, but having it enabled has been the default for 
long enough that a change will be unexpected and will break systems where 
auto-learning is enabled, is working well, and is generally ignored.

I should probably disclose that I have auto-learn enabled on my personal system 
and on those of my primary employer and it has been quite harmless, although I 
cannot say definitively that it is making a significant difference. The biggest 
strength I see from it is a steady stream of ham, which is hard to obtain 
otherwise.



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