Re: bug in mailfilter.crm for training: wrong spam training threshold decision (+ extra: code duping / unreachable code fix)

"Ger Hobbelt" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.crm114
Message-ID <[email protected]>
BZZZZZZT!

Bill was smarter than me, but not enough. He swapped spam.css and
nonspam.css for that training's classify pre-check, at least that's
sure been the intent. #1 is not an error...
BUT... riddle me this:

just above that line it says (and read VERY carefully):

 	    classify <:*:clf:> [:text:] /:*:lcr:/ \
		    (:*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: :*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: )\
 		    (:classify_status:)

See what is missing? The '|' pipe symbol!

And unless I am VERY wrong (and I got my mouth and foot ready to plant
in former...), this will significantly b0rk attempts to train in a
non-cache environment as the classify joins both CSS files on a single
side.
Wrong? Or Right?

Despite the hour (~ 6 AM) my guess is I've hit paydirt, so I kicked
out the minor smartness (no more css swap in classify) and then the
fix for #1 is this:
(yes, the pipe symbol is /consistently/ lacking in mailfilter.crm in
the non-cached learn situations...)

@@ -619,31 +831,29 @@
 		    #   No, it didn't exist.  Add an error message header.
 		    call /:mungmail_add:/ [X-CRM114-ERROR: No cached text with that
cacheID, so nothing done!]
 		    accept
 		    exit /:*:accepted_mail_exit_code:/
 		}
 	}
-	{     #  No cacheing, so we learn "natively"
+        {
+            #  No cacheing, so we learn "natively"
 		#
 		#    Verify that we need to learn this first (TOE strategy)
 		classify <:*:clf:> [:text:] /:*:lcr:/ \
-		  (:*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: :*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: ) \
+              (:*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: | :*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: ) \
 		  (:classify_status:)
 		match [:classify_status:] <nomultiline> \
 			/^#0.* pR: ([-. 0-9]+)/ (:: :pr:)
-		eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:thick_threshold: :/
+            eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:good_threshold: :/    # was
comparison against 'thick_threshold'
 		output [:*:fileprefix:nonspamtext.txt] \
 			<append> /\n\n:*:cmd_txt:\n/
 		#
 		#     write out the pre-mutilation text, with newlines
 		#
 		learn <:*:clf:> (:*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss:) [:text:] /:*:lcr:/
 		call /:mungmail_add:/ [X-CRM114-Action: LEARNED NONSPAM]
                 call /:mungmail_unique:/ [X-CRM114-Status: Good (Learn)]
-                accept
-                exit /:*:accepted_mail_exit_code:/

 		accept
 		exit /:*:accepted_mail_exit_code:/
 	}
 	alius
 	{
@@ -721,17 +941,18 @@
 	}
 	{
 	    #      Not cached...
 	    #
 	    #    Verify that we need to learn this first (TOE strategy)
 	    classify <:*:clf:> [:text:] /:*:lcr:/ \
-		    (:*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: :*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: )\
+                    (:*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: |
:*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: )\
 		    (:classify_status:)
 	    match [:classify_status:] <nomultiline> \
 		    /^#0.* pR: ([-. 0-9]+)/ (:: :pr:)
-	    eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:thick_threshold: : /
+            # eval /:@: :*:pr: > (0 - :*:thick_threshold:) : /
+            eval /:@: :*:pr: > :*:spam_threshold: : /   # are we not
yet recognized as spam?
 	    #
 	    #     write out the pre-mutilation text, with newlines
 	    #
 	    output [:*:fileprefix:spamtext.txt] <append> /\n\n:*:cmd_txt: \n/
 	    learn < :*:clf:> (:*:fileprefix::*:spamcss:) [:text:] /:*:lcr:/
 	    call /:mungmail_add:/ [X-CRM114-Action: LEARNED SPAM]



Conclusion:

a) I should clean my glasses and maybe splurge on reading lessons
because I apparently can't do code reviews anymore.

b) we, ah, um, might benefit from an extended test suite.



(And in case anyone is wondering: why am I seeing the same issue (pipe
missing in classify) in mailreaver @ 542 and no!body gets hurt?  :-S
:-S :-S
I must've forgotten to pay the brain bill, 'cause they sure as Hell
have disconnected *me*, as I can't see how that ever would have worked
out well given OSB et al, as the '|' pipe (vbar_seen) is used to
determine which CSS files are 'left' and which are 'right' (succhash
variable in most prod classifier C code) and that should have had some
serious effect on the pR output, shouldn't it?)








On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Ger Hobbelt <[email protected]> wrote:
> the check to decide whether to train as spam or not is wrong - it is
> exactly the same as the one for ham (another c&p error?) while it
> should -- when you use :thick_threshold: as the deciding edge value --
> be compared against it's NEGATIVE:
>
> train for ham if pR < :thick_threshold:
> train of spam if pR >= MINUS :thick_threshold:
>
> -->
> -----
> -           eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:thick_threshold: : /
> +            eval /:@: :*:pr: > (0 - :*:thick_threshold:) : /
> -----
>
>
> The diff below contains three items:
>
> 1- the above, but commented out.
>
> 2- fix of unreachable code (dang, maybe I should port crm as another
> language for the gcc backend ;-) ): duplicate accept+exit
>
> 3- how #1 will look when you like train on the :good_threshold: and
> :spam_threshold: edges instead of :thick_threshold:.
> (Of course, that last bit makes mailfilter.crm decide on different
> values than mailtrainer.crm, though, but what the hey. it was
> different already :-) )
>
> #3 is a 'matter of taste'; crawlies #1 and #2 are begging for insecticide.
>
>
>
>
> --- \\Debbie\ger\prj\1original\crm114\src\crm114.sourceforge.net\src\mailfilter.crm     2008-03-05
> 00:06:35.000000000 +-0200
> +++ \\Debbie\ger\prj\3actual\crm114\src\mailfilter.crm  2008-09-28
> 23:05:11.000000000 +-0200
> @@ -619,31 +591,29 @@
>                    #   No, it didn't exist.  Add an error message header.
>                    call /:mungmail_add:/ [X-CRM114-ERROR: No cached text with that
> cacheID, so nothing done!]
>                    accept
>                    exit /:*:accepted_mail_exit_code:/
>                }
>        }
> -       {     #  No cacheing, so we learn "natively"
> +        {
> +            #  No cacheing, so we learn "natively"
>                #
>                #    Verify that we need to learn this first (TOE strategy)
>                classify <:*:clf:> [:text:] /:*:lcr:/ \
>                  (:*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: :*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: ) \
>                  (:classify_status:)
>                match [:classify_status:] <nomultiline> \
>                        /^#0.* pR: ([-. 0-9]+)/ (:: :pr:)
> -               eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:thick_threshold: :/
> +            eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:good_threshold: :/    # was
> comparison against 'think_threshold'
>                output [:*:fileprefix:nonspamtext.txt] \
>                        <append> /\n\n:*:cmd_txt:\n/
>                #
>                #     write out the pre-mutilation text, with newlines
>                #
>                learn <:*:clf:> (:*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss:) [:text:] /:*:lcr:/
>                call /:mungmail_add:/ [X-CRM114-Action: LEARNED NONSPAM]
>                 call /:mungmail_unique:/ [X-CRM114-Status: Good (Learn)]
> -                accept
> -                exit /:*:accepted_mail_exit_code:/
>
>                accept
>                exit /:*:accepted_mail_exit_code:/
>        }
>        alius
>        {
> @@ -725,13 +695,14 @@
>            #    Verify that we need to learn this first (TOE strategy)
>            classify <:*:clf:> [:text:] /:*:lcr:/ \
>                    (:*:fileprefix::*:spamcss: :*:fileprefix::*:nonspamcss: )\
>                    (:classify_status:)
>            match [:classify_status:] <nomultiline> \
>                    /^#0.* pR: ([-. 0-9]+)/ (:: :pr:)
> -           eval /:@: :*:pr: < :*:thick_threshold: : /
> +            # eval /:@: :*:pr: > (0 - :*:thick_threshold:) : /
> +            eval /:@: :*:pr: > :*:spam_threshold: : /   # are we not
> yet recognized as spam?
>            #
>            #     write out the pre-mutilation text, with newlines
>            #
>            output [:*:fileprefix:spamtext.txt] <append> /\n\n:*:cmd_txt: \n/
>            learn < :*:clf:> (:*:fileprefix::*:spamcss:) [:text:] /:*:lcr:/
>            call /:mungmail_add:/ [X-CRM114-Action: LEARNED SPAM]
>
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,
>
> Ger Hobbelt
>
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-- 
Met vriendelijke groeten / Best regards,

Ger Hobbelt

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