Re: Effect of widely differing volumes on ifile classification

Jack Bertram <[email protected]> writes:

> Recently, the rate, which had been consistent for some time, began to
> plunge to about 50%

> Date            Total   Incorrect       Percentage
> ----            ------- ---------       ----------
> Sun Mar  9	106	0		100%    - didn't read email; no reclassification done
> Mon Mar 10	93	48		48.3%

With the above comment I think it is pretty clear was has happened:
Sunday, a few mails were misclassified, but you didn't notice this (so
the percentage was actually not 100).  By skipping reclassification of
the (probably few) mails, the /following/ mails in the same threads all
ended up in the wrong categories.

The problem is that you cannot leave ifile unattended when using
classify-and-insert (option -Q).  In my experience, spam/ham
classification works well with classify-and-insert, whereas full
classification works best with delayed reclassification (ie., option -q
plus a script that goes over your folders and notices movements).

Just my 2 cents (Euro)
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                                                    Jens Peter Secher
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