On Wed, 2003-10-29 Stuart Guthrie wrote (several times ;D): <snipped> > Usefulness > ---------- > I was forwarding spam emails for about 3 weeks - maybe 300 odd. At this > point it only managed to spot 2 spam emails itself. At this point I > decided that my typical user population would not have the patience to > cope with this much training so gave up - was it 2 emails from > recognising 90% of my spam maybe but I don't think so... > Spamassassin was instantly useful and filters about 90-95% of all spam > on the server.
I think this is perhaps the most important point. Bogofilter is great, (I don't use DSPAM) but it does require a little patience in the beginning. When I added my first SLUG list spam, Bogofilter promptly started flagging all SLUG list messages as spam. This was quickly fixed with a retrain, but the thought of walking a large number of normal users through the ups and downs of the initial filter training brings a shiver to my spine. It is interesting you had so much trouble training your filter, bogofilter seems a very fast learner. Regards, Malcolm V. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
