[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/nondist/sandbox/spambayes GBayes.py,1.7,1.8

Aahz aahz@pythoncraft.com
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 10:47:43 -0400


On Sat, Aug 24, 2002, Tim Peters wrote:
>
> Given that in real life most people still get more not-spam than spam,
> removing the counter-bias in the scoring math may boost the false negative
> rate.

as of six months ago, i no longer believe this to be necessarily true
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