From: "Aaron Konstam" akonstam@sbcglobal.net
On Wed, 2006-12-27 at 11:56 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
jdow wrote:
Besides, WTF good is Bayes with image spam?
Actually, I find that SA's Bayesian engine is pretty good at spotting the random text they put in most image spam. With a few extra points for technical stuff, most of it goes directly to the spam folder, and the rest to the "unsure" folder with fairly high scores.
James.
I guess I have to point this out with a little bit of trepidation. But if you have an unsure folder you are probably using SpamBayes not Spamassassin.
Thanks for saying it for me. {^_-} Bayes alone is a bicycle with one pedal. Add some rules and DNS tests and you go from "unsure" to "pretty darned sure" - at the level of one in a thousand or so. Add FuzzyOCR and you step up from coaster brakes to caliper brakes. A fully loaded SpamAssassin is to a mere SpamBayes as a top of the line multi-speed bicycle is to a broken down beach cruiser with one pedal broken off. SpamBayes has its uses if one lives on an Internet Beach, I suppose. It make it look to the locals like you get some exercise even if it can't go anywhere.
{^_-}