[Spambayes] Better default configuration for SpamBayes?

[Kenny Pitt]

On 10/29/05, Tony Meyer <tameyer at ihug.co.nz> wrote:
> [Michael]
>
> >> The problem I have with this configuration is, that overtraining
> >> and wrong
> >> classification happen too easily.  [...] perhaps you should change
> >> the
> >> default configuration of SpamBayes accordingly?
>
> [Richie]
> > +1
>
> +1 from me, too.  I've wondered about doing this in the past, but
> haven't got around to it (it is simple enough for users to change the
> default themselves, but it would be nice if they didn't have to).

Another +1 here. For anyone whose received mail is not balanced
between ham and spam, train-on-everything will quickly drive their
training to an imbalanced state as well, so it should probably be
discouraged for any inexperienced users (i.e. those who generally
stick to defaults).

--
Kenny Pitt