So this is really top 8 rules if you rule out HTML_MESSAGE and
MIME_HTML_ONLY.  Everything else was more than likely spam.  If there
are hams hitting WS_URI_RBL then we're all in trouble...

Gary


-----Original Message-----
From: jdow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Top ten rules...

That looks like top ten hits. I'd like to know the top ten hits to
misses
ratios. For example I presume HTML_MESSAGE hits a lot of ham, too. So
what
is the ratio of its spam to ham hits? The higher the ratio, such as for
BAYES_99 the better the rule.

I can craft a rule that hits EVERY spam I receive. Um, it would also hit
every ham, too. So it's not a useful rule, is it?

(A good part of engineering is learning to ask the RIGHT questions.)
{^_-}
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike French" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


> Just for grins the top 10 list...
> 
> 
> Ranking of Tests in Spammails:
> ------------------------------
>         90.19 %  2870 : BAYES_99
>         81.14 %  2582 : HTML_MESSAGE
>         78.79 %  2507 : RAZOR2_CHECK
>         78.69 %  2504 : RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100
>         66.72 %  2123 : WS_URI_RBL
>         60.91 %  1938 : OB_URI_RBL
>         44.85 %  1427 : SPAMCOP_URI_RBL
>         34.41 %  1095 : AB_URI_RBL
>         32.50 %  1034 : MIME_HTML_ONLY
>         30.89 %   983 : NO_RDNS
> 
> 
> 
> Mike French
> MIS OnlineServices



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