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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=986134219-27092004><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If you define "aggressiveness" as the cutoff scores at
which SpamBayes considers a message to be unsure or spam, you can control those
using the Filtering tab in SpamBayes Manager.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=986134219-27092004><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=986134219-27092004><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Note, however, that SpamBayes never "deletes" a message.
The messages have been moved either to your spam folder, or more likely to your
unsure folder.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=986134219-27092004><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Any message that contains very few characteristics that
match other messages that you have trained as either spam or good will end up in
the unsure folder. This may happen the first time you get a message from a new
vendor. No matter how you adjust the cutoff scores, you are not likely to be
able to prevent this "unsure" behavior without completely destroying the
effectiveness of the filter. The unsure folder is one of the primary design
features of SpamBayes, indicating messages that should be reviewed and trained
appropriately.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=986134219-27092004><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If most of the messages from your vendors are in regard to
similar products or services, a little bit of training on these messages will
probably cause SpamBayes to properly identify the majority of messages even from
unknown vendors. If a message is misidentified and you're not sure why, you can
select the message and use the "Show spam clues" command to look at the spam
clues. This will show how each recognized word in the message was scored by
SpamBayes. The higher the word score, the more likely SpamBayes thinks it is
that this word would appear in a spam message.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=986134219-27092004><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If you're just completely stumped as to why a message
scored the way it did, just send a copy of the clues to this mailing list.
Someone here can probably analyze the clues and give you some ideas about what
might have caused the result.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>-- </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Kenny Pitt</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
spambayes-bounces+kennypitt=hotmail.com@python.org
[mailto:spambayes-bounces+kennypitt=hotmail.com@python.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>David Sorensen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, September 27, 2004 3:12
PM<BR><B>To:</B> spambayes@python.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Spambayes] Spambayes
being too aggressive<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=071141619-27092004>How do I control the
aggressiveness...several of my vendors messages are are being deleted before I
see them.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=071141619-27092004>Thank
you</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Lucida Calligraphy" color=#0000ff><STRONG>David K.
Sorensen, ChFC, CLU</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM><STRONG>President</STRONG></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>Legacy Financial Associates, Ltd.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>5951 McKee Road, Suite 200</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>Madison, WI 53719</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>phone - 608.442.3450</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG>fax - 608.442.1444</STRONG></DIV>
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