I don't recall that anyone has explained how to trim the database with the Outlook plugin.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Skip Montanaro > Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 1:04 PM > To: Michal Vitecek > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Feature Request > > > Michal> this is true. however have you tried to teach spambayes that > Michal> some mails are ham with a largish ham/spam database? it's a > Michal> nuisance as spambayes must be taught many (and i mean **MANY**) > Michal> times until the token classifications change in favor of the > Michal> messages. > > So trim your database from time-to-time. There's no requirement that it > grow without bound. I trim the oldest 10-20% of messages from both my ham > and spam collections at least every couple of months. It has two nice > properties: mistakes eventually fall off the end and the database doesn't > grow without bound (with attendant performance implications). > > Skip _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
