On Mon, 10 May 2004, Roland Hill wrote:

> >> 0.000          0          2          0  non-token data: bayes db
> >> 0.000          0         81          0  non-token data: nspam
> >> 0.000          0        355          0  non-token data: nham
> >
> > spamd/spamassassin starts using bayes if you have 200 ham and 200 spam,
> > this isnt yet fullfilled. so collect some more spam first.
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> My concern is more that I fed 20 odd spams to bayes via sa-learn, yet the
> nspam value did not increase by this at all (81 before and after). Should
> it have increased as I have assumed?

yes, should have been happen.
try sa-learn with option -D when learning ham/spam. maybe there is
something faulty.

> Also, as my spam volume is low (ISP uses SA, plus it is my home network)
> am I right in assuming that sa-learn should feed the bayes db (say 20-30
> at a time), and then once 200 is hit, bayes will then be used?

yes, 200 is the minimum for each spam / ham, spamd needs for
using bayes. below that number spamd wont use it.

> Or put another way, do I need to feed the bayes db a minimum of 200 in one
> hit from the get go (as opposed to being drip fed)?

hmm, my englich sux a bit, so i might get you wrong. but, it doesnt count,
when or how many spam/ham bayes learns at a time. the fact is, you need
200 of each, otherwise (below 200) spamd skips these test.
but spamd learns ham / spam meanwhile, if bayes_auto_learn is set to 1
(done per default), even if bayes itself is not used for tests yet.

regards,
Matthias

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