Re: consistant failures on a new kind of spam

On 16 Nov 2006, Brian Burton wrote:
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> Anthony Campbell wrote:
> > Much of this discussion is above my head; I'm left a little confused.
> > I'm using a pbl database and it's cleaned nightly via crontab (spamprobe
> > cleanup 2 24). The database grows only very slowly and is currently
> > 28MB. Efficiency seems pretty good and, as noted previously, most of the
> > "funny" spams are now being caught.
> > 
> > Question: am I cleaning too frequently? Would weekly be better?
> 
> That's a good question.  I personally feel that the cleaning parameters 
> are best left to the individual user because each is different.  In your 
> case it's obvious that just the basic cleanup (just sweeping out terms 
> seen only once or twice) is plenty for your email flow.  Look at Jem, he 
> did great with no cleanup for a long time.
> 
> I'd say in your situation you are probably doing fine.  Others might 
> have much higher email volumes and thus need to cleanup more often and 
> more aggressively.
> 
> Since you are using a 14 day age limit and your database is in a steady 
> state with a very small size I don't know that cleaning weekly would be 
> any better than daily.
> 
> The discussion here mostly has to do with the hash file format and 
> finding a way to keep it in a nice steady state for maximum performance 
> with minimal user intervention.
> 

Many thanks for the clarification, Brian. I'll continue as at present (2
14 incidentally, as you said, not 2 24 as I posted by mistake).

Anthony

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