Spam Filter ISP Forums : Bayesian Filter https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:15:25 +0000 Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:01:00 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.04 360 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4246 <![CDATA[Spam Filter ISP Forums]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/ <![CDATA[Bayesian Filter : With those numbers yes, we would...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4253&title=bayesian-filter#4253 Author: LogSat
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Posted: 09 September 2004 at 11:01pm

With those numbers yes, we would have expected to have seen at least afew emails stopped by the Bayesian filter. Can you please zip and emailus at support@logsat.com a copy of your SpamFilter\corpus directory?

Roberto F.
LogSat Software
]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2004 23:01:00 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4253&title=bayesian-filter#4253 <![CDATA[Bayesian Filter : Spam=19323Good=13673 ]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4251&title=bayesian-filter#4251 Author: Guests
Subject: 4246
Posted: 09 September 2004 at 8:09pm

 

Spam=19323
Good=13673

 

]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2004 20:09:00 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4251&title=bayesian-filter#4251 <![CDATA[Bayesian Filter : Mike, The numbers appear a...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4249&title=bayesian-filter#4249 Author: LogSat
Subject: 4246
Posted: 09 September 2004 at 12:19am

Mike,

The numbers appear a little low, even though we can't be sure withoutknowing how many emails are not being quarantined. As a side note, no,you do not need to quarantine emails for the Bayesian filter to work.

Since the numbers are low, can you please confirm that you have indeedreceived at least 5,000 good emails, besides 5,000 bad ones? You canverify this by looking at the contents of theSpamFilter\corpus\corpus.ini files which carries those counts. Can youplease provide us with those numbers?

Roberto F.
LogSat Software
]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2004 00:19:00 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4249&title=bayesian-filter#4249 <![CDATA[Bayesian Filter : Here is the results of the...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4248&title=bayesian-filter#4248 Author: Guests
Subject: 4246
Posted: 07 September 2004 at 9:10pm

 

 

Here is the results of the Query...  One thing: I am not putting all of the rejected mail in the Quarantine.  I started out doing that but the numbers were pretty large. 

Do I need to Quarantine everything for the Filter to work properly? 

RejectCountQ
RejectIDRejectDescTotal
2EmailFrom is in local blacklist file1
4Empty Mail From60
5Mail From and Mail To are equal10
6Mail From and Mail To domains are equal20
7Exceeded maximum number of RCPT TO479
8IP address is from a blacklisted country4597
12IP found in MAPS search522
13Keywords found in content545

]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:10:00 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4248&title=bayesian-filter#4248 <![CDATA[Bayesian Filter : Mike, Did you receive 5,000 spam...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4247&title=bayesian-filter#4247 Author: LogSat
Subject: 4246
Posted: 06 September 2004 at 9:20pm

Mike,

Did you receive 5,000 spam and 5,000 good emails? The Bayesian filter kicks in after both good and bad count are over 5000. If so, even if your other filters were super-effective, you should see at least a small amonut of emails blocked by the Bayesian filter. Please note that the statistical analysis only occurs after all other filters have failed to catch spam, so the number of emails blocked by the Bayesian filter will be small when compared to others.

Can you try running the following query on the database? It returns a list of how many emails in the quarantine have been blocked by the various rules, and post the results?

Roberto F.
LogSat Software

SELECT     tblQuarantine.RejectID, tblRejectCodes.RejectDesc, COUNT(tblQuarantine.RejectID) AS Total
FROM         tblQuarantine INNER JOIN
                      tblRejectCodes ON tblQuarantine.RejectID = tblRejectCodes.RejectID
GROUP BY tblQuarantine.RejectID, tblRejectCodes.RejectDesc

]]> Mon, 06 Sep 2004 21:20:00 +0000 https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4247&title=bayesian-filter#4247 <![CDATA[Bayesian Filter : I have been running the bayesian...]]> https://www.logsat.com/spamfilter/forums/forum_posts.asp?TID=4246&PID=4246&title=bayesian-filter#4246 Author: Guests
Subject: 4246
Posted: 06 September 2004 at 1:01pm

I have been running the bayesian filter for several days now and it has yet to catch a single piece of spam. 

I am well past the kick in point as far as volume but don't understand why it isn't doing anything.  All I see is 0% SPAM.

Anyone else seeing this and is there a fix?

 

 

 

 

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