>>> On 4/19/2013 at 12:06 AM, John Hardin <jhar...@impsec.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Apr 2013, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote:
> 
>>>>> On 4/18/2013 at 7:21 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uh...@fantomas.sk> wrote:
>>> On 18.04.13 06:45, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote:
>>>> I was concerned about this:
>>>>
>>>> [score: 0.4968]
>>>
>>> This meant that BAYES has computer 49.56% probability that the mail is spam
>>> and the rest (50.44%) that it is HAM.
>>
>> ok
>>
>>> DO NOT play with BAYES_50 score.
>>
>> ?  What can it hurt?
> 
> BAYES_50 is the bayes classifier's way of saying "insufficient data" or "I 
> don't know".
> 
> Do you really want to assign 3 points for "I don't know"?
> 
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In this case, from the samples I've seen.   Absolutely, yes. 

For me, this last few days, I have seen lots of missed spam that has virtually 
nothing else to trigger on.  

Been so irritated by this I considered giving it a 5.0.   But, even for me, 
that's over the top.

joe a

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