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adi
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 Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: Why do most log entries not give a reason? |
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Hi,
I am using the free version.
I wanted to know why an email was classified as spam and so looked in the log. I noticed this entry and most of the others didn't have a reason. Is this normal? Is it because I am using the free version?
I then went into test mode and rechecked the mail and mysteriously it went from 83% down to 0.28%, so it is no longer spam. Why would this change when I haven't altered anything?
Hope somebody can help.
Thanks. |
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vetaltm
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Why do most log entries not give a reason? |
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| adi wrote: | I am using the free version.
I wanted to know why an email was classified as spam and so looked in the log. I noticed this entry and most of the others didn't have a reason. Is this normal? Is it because I am using the free version?
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The reason is displayed in Filtering Log when a message was classified as 100% spam or ham. For example, a message can be classified as 100% spam by some black rule, or as 100% ham if the sender is whitelisted. The Reason field is empty in case if a message was not recognized as spam or ham, and the content classifier assigned to it some spam ratio between 0 and 100.
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I then went into test mode and rechecked the mail and mysteriously it went from 83% down to 0.28%, so it is no longer spam. Why would this change when I haven't altered anything?
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The spam ratio is changed only after training the plug-in. By default the plug-in learns the messages from whitelisted senders as ham automatically. So if you didn't mark any messages as ham before making a test, most probably the plug-in did this automatically during classifying the messages received after the checked message. |
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adi
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| Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks vetaltm. The reason for not having a reason  is very obvious now that you have explained it! Don't know why I couldn't think of that myself  .
The change in percentage was a little surprising but I guess it shows how well the plug-in learns.
Thanks again, Adi. |
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