At 11:17 AM 7.3.2004 -0800, John Andersen wrote: >On Saturday 03 July 2004 11:13, Scot L. Harris wrote: >> I have seen a couple of messages recently indicating that the bayes >> database becomes less effective over time. Is this really true? >> >> I thought the idea was that by feeding spam and ham sets to it on a >> regular basis that is should continue to become more effective. >> >> So how often should the entire database be purged? >> >> Are there issues with the ratio of ham spam in the database being to far >> out of equilibrium? > >IMHO, it is not less effective AS LONG AS you feed missed spam >and False Positives back to SA-Learn process. >
The point about less effective is the question of "weight". As you know, the spammer changes the form of attack constantly in an effort to get around our defenses. Thus, if your "basket" is full of apples and now there are more "oranges" being used than apples, the defeneses are weaker. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator Sage American http://www.sage-american.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
