[Spambayes] Moving closer to Gary's ideal
Tim Peters
tim.one@comcast.net
Wed, 25 Sep 2002 14:53:10 -0400
FYI, there's a new display option best_cutoff_fp_weight. The histogram
analysis code now finds the buckets that minimize
best_cutoff_fp_weight * (# false positives) + (# false negatives)
By default it's 1 (minimize total # of misclassified msgs, favoring neither
kind of mistake). If, e.g., you're happy to endure 100 false negatives to
save 1 false positive, set to 100. Don't be surprised if your f-n rate
zooms, though!