R Lists06 wrote: > > The numbers you need to look at are the false positives on your own > > incoming mail. Look at the FP rate at each score level (i.e. how > > many legit messages get mistagged with that score or higher, > > whether in absolute terms or in percentages) and decide whether > > it's acceptable to block that many messages. > > > > The score at which you choose to reject mail is going to depend on > > those FP rates, and what rate you consider to be acceptable losses. > > Hmmm, I do not believe I have ever had a false positive except in the > way that my mail client handles it what it gets from the server. > > Hmmmmmm then again, would you consider a false negative in this? ;-)
A false positive is a good message that is tagged as spam. A false negative is a spam message that is not tagged as spam. -- Bowie
