Daniel, Being an old AI/GA programmer who just started using SA, your post fascinates me. Thanks for the update on your research.
On Mon:22:07, Daniel Quinlan wrote: [...] > My only gripe is that having so many rules is somewhat clumsy in the > scores file, even using arguments. What if spamassassin supported > something like this? > > header DATE_SHIFT_PAST eval:check_for_shifted_date($1, $2) > describe DATE_SHIFT_PAST Date: is $1 to $2 hours before Received: date > iterations DATE_SHIFT_PAST (3,6),(6,12),(12,18),(24,48),(48,96),(96,Infinity) > > score DATE_SHIFT_PAST(3,6) 0.541 > score DATE_SHIFT_PAST(6,12) 1.249 > ... It seems to me that it would be interesting to consider a _summary_ of a.) The percentage of false positives and negatives _before_ testing for date differences b.) The percentage of false positives and negatives _after_ testing for date differences c.) _How_many_ more rules would be added. Thanks, Kingsley _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk