Scot L. Harris wrote to Spamassasin Users List: > Is it possible for bayes to add a negative score to a message?
Yes. That's the point of Bayes; it's a classifier that assigns a statistical probability (between 0 and 1) to each message, based on the occurance of tokens (words, and other message properties) it finds in the message. Probabilities near 0 mean that there were strong indicators of ham in the message, and few or no indicators of spam. Probabilities near 1 mean there were strong indicators of spam. If you get a contradictory Bayes score for a message, it's a good sign that you might need to better train your Bayes database with more/better examples of ham and spam. Still one of the best introductory discussions on the subject: http://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html - Ryan -- Ryan Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SaskNow Technologies - http://www.sasknow.com 901-1st Avenue North - Saskatoon, SK - S7K 1Y4 Tel: 306-664-3600 Fax: 306-244-7037 Saskatoon Toll-Free: 877-727-5669 (877-SASKNOW) North America
