Re: Tips on training bayes?

"Jared Hall via users" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.spam.spamassassin.general
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On 9/16/2024 8:48 PM, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
> Now that I'm using SA4, and my bayes database is quite old, I'd like 
> to retrain it with new ham and spam. I hoped someone had some pointers 
> on some of the gray area and what you consider to be spam and ham.
>
> Are reliable newsletters, like those from, say, a trusted news source 
> where the user opts into the subscription, considered ham? What if you 
> can't quite tell whether it was opt-in but it doesn't hit any current 
> negative rules like blocklists or sender reputation or DCC? I'm 
> assuming it's best to leave it to later be reported as BAYES_50?
>
> Are unsolicited emails always considered spam?
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
+1

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