KWLUG SpamAssassin #8

Baysean Analysis

  • Included with versions 2.50 onward.

  • Uses "tokens" within email headers and body to automatically learn features of spam and not-spam messages. Specific to your own email.

  • Looks more complicated / scary than it is.

  • By default, it automatically learns based on output from spamassassin

  • After it has gathered enough data, it will start affecting the scores

    • (eg., adding 2.9 points to a message if it thinks it's 90% likely to be spam)

  • you can fine-tune it with additional bodies of "spam" and "not-spam"

  • or just leave it alone.

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