On Wed, 2009-09-30 at 23:35 +0200, mouss wrote:
> Warren Togami wrote:
> > I scanned my spam folders and found a few false positives that hit on
> > either DNSWL 
> 
> FP with DNSWL?????
> 
> FP = False Positive = legitimaite mail tagged as spam
> DNSWL = Whitelist

False positive. Something, that matches (positive) the criterion for a
certain test, but should not (false).

> if your system adds points because of dnswl, you have a serious problem. ..
> 
> or do you mean FN (false negative)?

Granted, the wording ("FPs that hit ham rules") could need some polish,
but I believe Warren was talking about spam that falsely hits ham rules.


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