Re: Bayesian filtering is driving me nuts.

[john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (John Sievert)]

Thanks Dan, I'll give this a try.  Some stuff in here I didn't think of.

Question:

The min ham and spam numbers.  Why did you pick these?  Also, why not auto learn?

I'm hopeful this will really help with the spam detection.  I use SpamSieve on my laptop and it has been hugely successful using the same technology.

J

"You can only be young once.  But you can always be immature."  - Dave Barry

John Sievert
Customer 1st, Inc.
2950 Metro Drive, Suite 101
Mpls, MN 55425

952.851.7901 office
952.851.7907 fax
On Jun 24, 2004, at 4:47 PM, Dan Tappin wrote:

> It's ugly I agree.
>
> Here is my SA config:
>
> make a directory '.spamassassin' in /var/spool/post.office
>
> drwxr-x---    5 mta   mail     170 Jun 24 15:02 .spamassassin
>
> Edit your /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf:
>
> ## Misc
>
> use_bayes               1
> bayes_file_mode         0777
> bayes_path              /var/spool/post.office/.spamassassin/bayes
> bayes_auto_expire       1
> bayes_learn_to_journal  0
> bayes_auto_learn        0
> bayes_min_ham_num 1
> bayes_min_spam_num 200
>
> Ensure that your SA start-up script uses the '-u mta' option which runs SA as the same user as PO.
>
> This set-up was the only way I have ever made it work properly.  SA seems to pick a different location each time for the bayes
> location unless you force / trick it.
>
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Sievert [mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:23 PM
> To: post_office@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Bayesian filtering is driving me nuts.
>
>
> I think I can improve my filtering big time with the Bayesian filtering for spamassassin. but i can't make it work. Here is what i
> get from the log
>
> Jun 24 14:48:38 mail spamd[2587]: debug: auto-learning failed: lock: 2587 cannot create tmp lockfile
> /private/var/root/.spamassassin/.lock.mail.customer1st.com.2587 for /private/var/root/.spamassassin/.lock: Permission denied
>
> I have run spamd as root. i have changed the permissions on the dir so that it is rw everywhere but still the same problem.
>
> any suggestions?
>
> J
>
> --
> Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.
>
> John Sievert
> Customer 1st, Inc.
> 2950 Metro Drive, Suite 101
> Minneapolis, MN 55425
> (952) 851-7901
>
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