The following configuration settings are used to control auto-learning:
bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam n.nn (default: 0.1)
The score threshold below which a mail has to score, to be fed into SpamAssassin's learning systems
automatically as a non-spam message.
bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam n.nn (default: 12.0)
The score threshold above which a mail has to score, to be fed into SpamAssassin's learning systems
automatically as a spam message.
Note: SpamAssassin requires at least 3 points from the header, and 3 points from the body to auto-
learn as spam. Therefore, the minimum working value for this option is 6.
If test option "autolearn_header" or "autolearn_body" is set, points from that rule are forced to
count as coming from header or body accordingly. This can be useful for adjusting some meta rules.
If the test option "autolearn_force" is set, the minimum value will remain at 6 points but there is
no requirement that the points come from body and header rules. This option is useful for
autolearning with rules that are considered to be extremely safe indicators of the spaminess of a
message.
bayes_auto_learn_on_error (0 | 1) (default: 0)
With "bayes_auto_learn_on_error" off, autolearning will be performed even if bayes classifier already
agrees with the new classification (i.e. yielded BAYES_00 for what we are now trying to teach it as
ham, or yielded BAYES_99 for spam). This is a traditional setting, the default was chosen to retain
backward compatibility.
With "bayes_auto_learn_on_error" turned on, autolearning will be performed only when a bayes
classifier had a different opinion from what the autolearner is now trying to teach it (i.e. it made
an error in judgement). This strategy may or may not produce better future classifications, but
usually works very well, while also preventing unnecessary overlearning and slows down database
growth.
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