[Spambayes] Perhaps a level header would be useful?

Meyer, Tony T.A.Meyer at massey.ac.nz
Wed Mar 12 10:40:39 EST 2003


> Um, I'd say "mistake". Look at the numbers. Your ham mean has gone
> from around 3 to around 55, while the spam mean's gone from around
> 92 to around 45. So you've moved everything solidly into the "unsure"
> bucket. 

<blush again>.  I realised that I'd stuffed it up just after I went home.  Too much rushing at the end of the day.

Looking at:
> pR = - (log (Pspam) - log (Pnonspam)
> This goes from roughly +350 to -350, and (nicely) the uncertains 
> and errors all seem to group around +/- 100 . 

I should have been more careful, since obviously a Pspam and Pnonspam ranging from 0->1 will not end up with many scores near 350, unless there are some *very* accurate floating point numbers.

Apologies for the foolishness.

=Tony Meyer



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