Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-13 Thread Kevin A. McGrail
On 5/11/2013 10:28 AM, Benny Pedersen wrote: Bob Proulx skrev den 2013-05-11 01:06: No sale. Your database sounds just simply wonderful. Where can I download this database so that I can start using it? i think David missed one more word, no share ? Perhaps but David was debating the

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-13 Thread David F. Skoll
On Sat, 11 May 2013 16:28:16 +0200 Benny Pedersen m...@junc.eu wrote: i think David missed one more word, no share ? OK, here's my point. In 2004, I was as skeptical as most others on this list that a shared Bayes database would be useful. Then I read the USENIX LISA '04 paper by Blosser and

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-13 Thread Benny Pedersen
Kevin A. McGrail skrev den 2013-05-13 15:14: i think David missed one more word, no share ? Perhaps but David was debating the usability of a shared database and offered his input as a commercial vendor as well as access to his concepts to the development team. I've always like MIMEDefang

Digests vs. Shared Bayes (was Re: Default Bayes Database)

2013-05-13 Thread David F. Skoll
On Mon, 13 May 2013 22:18:16 +0200 Benny Pedersen m...@junc.eu wrote: sorry it was not mean to be so, i just like to learn more about why bayes is better then other digest solotions already shared in spamassassin Bayes tends to be a little bit harder to fool than digests. Although fuzzy

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
David F. Skoll skrev den 2013-05-10 21:51: Anyway, my main point is this: Don't dismiss a shared Bayes database without supplying evidence that it's a bad idea. :) if its so good why not create south rules from it ? :) i like to try it, if bayes_99 dump south lines rule set from this mail

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-11 Thread Axb
On 05/11/2013 04:14 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: south rules south lines ? do you mean bikini lines? scr

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
David F. Skoll skrev den 2013-05-10 23:49: No sale. good or bad ? :) -- senders that put my email into body content will deliver it to my own trashcan, so if you like to get reply, dont do it

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
Bob Proulx skrev den 2013-05-11 01:06: No sale. Your database sounds just simply wonderful. Where can I download this database so that I can start using it? i think David missed one more word, no share ? -- senders that put my email into body content will deliver it to my own trashcan,

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-11 Thread Benny Pedersen
Axb skrev den 2013-05-11 16:21: On 05/11/2013 04:14 PM, Benny Pedersen wrote: south rules south lines ? do you mean bikini lines? scr ritter sport -- senders that put my email into body content will deliver it to my own trashcan, so if you like to get reply, dont do it

RE: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread Andrew Talbot
. -Original Message- From: Karsten Bräckelmann [mailto:guent...@rudersport.de] Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 8:18 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Default Bayes Database On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 14:09 -0400, Andrew Talbot wrote: Well, I certainly hope someone offers

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread David F. Skoll
On Wed, 08 May 2013 19:32:26 +0200 Axb axb.li...@gmail.com wrote: - your HAM is somebody else's SPAM Do you have evidence for that? The reason I ask is that one of the main features of our (commercial) anti-spam solution is a very large Bayes database. Once a night, we aggregate all the

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 15:51 -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: On Wed, 08 May 2013 19:32:26 +0200 Axb axb.li...@gmail.com wrote: - your HAM is somebody else's SPAM Do you have evidence for that? Evidence... examples, rather. I happened to be the lucky recipient of specific spam campaigns in

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread Bob Proulx
David F. Skoll wrote: Axb wrote: - your HAM is somebody else's SPAM Do you have evidence for that? The reason I ask is that one of the main features of our (commercial) anti-spam solution is a very large Bayes database. Once a night, we aggregate all the tokens from votes from all of

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread David F. Skoll
On Fri, 10 May 2013 15:34:13 -0600 Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com wrote: The weasel words agrees substantially is telling. If it isn't 100% with no false positives then at least one of those messages does not agree. That would be the evidence requested. I am not saying that your technique

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread David F. Skoll
On Fri, 10 May 2013 23:14:36 +0200 Karsten Bräckelmann guent...@rudersport.de wrote: I happened to be the lucky recipient of specific spam campaigns in languages I do not speak. Campaign referring to quite a few samples during a specific, relatively short time period. This definitely happened

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 17:58 -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: On Fri, 10 May 2013 23:14:36 +0200 Karsten Bräckelmann wrote: We (probably) have a much larger sample population, so this tends not to be as much of a problem for us. This thread is about a default Bayes database, suitable for distri

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread John Hardin
On Fri, 10 May 2013, David F. Skoll wrote: Anyway, my main point is this: Don't dismiss a shared Bayes database without supplying evidence that it's a bad idea. :) Care to share your database? :) -- John Hardin KA7OHZhttp://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ jhar...@impsec.org

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread Bob Proulx
David F. Skoll wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: And would you suggest distributing your well-averaged database to people who install SpamAssassin to as to seed their Bayes? We have a distribution mechanism built into our software. I think having users start with a blank slate and then start

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 17:49 -0400, David F. Skoll wrote: Right; pretend you're a salesperson trying to sell an anti-spam product. Oh, you just have to go through your old mailbox and classify a few hundred messages by hand... then the system will work great! No sale. Most likely, and no one

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-10 Thread David F. Skoll
On Fri, 10 May 2013 15:52:01 -0700 (PDT) John Hardin jhar...@impsec.org wrote: Anyway, my main point is this: Don't dismiss a shared Bayes database without supplying evidence that it's a bad idea. :) Care to share your database? :) Ah... hmm. :) I would be happy to share it with SA

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-09 Thread Anthony Cartmell
As we've spoken about off-list, my boss is being very particular about the deployment of Bayes, and it sounds like one of his caveats is that we don't start from a blank database. Starting from a blank database is quickest and safest. If you start from someone else's database, your Bayes

RE: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-09 Thread a . smith
Hi, why don't you collect a selection of spam and ham emails prior to go live and use them to train the Bayes DB prior to go live. Then you have a Bayes DB trained to your own data at time of go live... thanks, Andy. Quoting Andrew Talbot andrew.talbot.ownweb...@gmail.com: Well, I

Default Bayes Database

2013-05-08 Thread Andrew Talbot
Hey all - I remember seeing somewhere that there was a default Bayes database for Bayes to start using right away, but can't seem to find that information again on the Wiki or in my notes. Can someone please help?

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-08 Thread Axb
On 05/08/2013 07:26 PM, Andrew Talbot wrote: Hey all - I remember seeing somewhere that there was a default Bayes database for Bayes to start using right away, but can't seem to find that information again on the Wiki or in my notes. Can someone please help? I hope nobody offers to help

RE: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-08 Thread Andrew Talbot
- From: Axb [mailto:axb.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 1:32 PM To: users@spamassassin.apache.org Subject: Re: Default Bayes Database On 05/08/2013 07:26 PM, Andrew Talbot wrote: Hey all - I remember seeing somewhere that there was a default Bayes database for Bayes

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Andrew Talbot wrote: Well, I certainly hope someone offers to help! If only to say there is no default database. There is no default database. :-) As we've spoken about off-list, my boss is being very particular about the deployment of Bayes, and it sounds like one of his caveats is

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-08 Thread Axb
On 05/08/2013 08:15 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Andrew Talbot wrote: Well, I certainly hope someone offers to help! If only to say there is no default database. There is no default database. :-) As we've spoken about off-list, my boss is being very particular about the deployment of Bayes, and

Re: Default Bayes Database

2013-05-08 Thread Karsten Bräckelmann
On Wed, 2013-05-08 at 14:09 -0400, Andrew Talbot wrote: Well, I certainly hope someone offers to help! Heh! I am really confident, Alex didn't mean to be rude, neither that he actually hopes no one will help you. Quite the contrary... He DID try to help you by explaining why a default Bayes