[Spambayes] Is Equal Ham & Spam really the best?

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    >> Have you tried lowering your spam threshold a bit?

    Dave> No, I haven't tried that.  I suppose I run the risk of a few false
    Dave> positives if I go too far with that?

Take a look at the scores in the spams marked unsure and in any hams which
are marked unsure.  You might well be able to lower the spam threshold a
fair amount without running the risk of too many (if any) false positives.

I use:

    [Categorization]
    ham_cutoff:0.20
    spam_cutoff:0.7

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