[Yum] Mailing list administrivia (was: "THE LIMITS OF CORPORA TE POWER")

[Robert G. Brown]

On Thu, 6 Nov 2003, Hedemark, Magnus wrote:

> RGB said:
> > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=4.7 required=5.0
> >         tests=AWL,BIG_FONT,CALL_FREE,EXCUSE_3,EXCUSE_7,
> >               HTML_COMMENT_SAVED_URL,NO_REAL_NAME,SPAM_PHRASE_08_13
> >         version=2.44
> > X-Spam-Level: ****
> 
> There is part of your problem;  upgrade your SA.  2.6 is much more accurate,
> especially if you take a couple of hours to train your Bayes filters up
> front.
> 
> I'm getting nearly 100% accuracy on my home server using 2.6.  I have had
> *no* good email flagged as spam yet.  I've had a few spams get under the
> radar, but I'm being very conservative and only flagging as spam if the
> score is >=8 (the default is 5).

Humm, as a yum user and physics department human, I don't upgrade MY
spam assassin.  But Seth might upgrade OUR SA:-).

   rgb

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