[Users] Junk Meil and Bogofilter

[Neil Winchurst]

On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:23:57 -0500
Tim Zakharov <himemsys36 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:15:12 +0100
> Neil Winchurst <senex at drofle.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 07:54:07 -0400
> > "Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI" <renaud at olgiati-in-paraguay.org> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 06:27:09 -0500
> > > Tim Zakharov <himemsys36 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi Neil, I had the same issue when I started using Bogo
> > > 
> > > Do you mean the Bogofilter add-on/plug-in ?
> > >  
> > > Cheers,
> > >  
> > > Ron.
> > 
> > Yes. I have had it in use for some time now. So far most of the spam
> > still goes to the inbox, then I click on the Spam button and it
> > moves to the junk folder. Next time it still appears in the inbox,
> > so I mark it again.
> > 
> > Neil
> 
> Please re-read my first post and make the changes I suggested, so you
> can at least track Bogofilter's learning (by keeping an eye on the
> X-Bogosity score in the headers of each missed spam).  If you can
> confirm Bogosity scores are creeping up, then you know it is (maybe
> too slowly) learning.  And please mark your legitimate emails as ham
> too. That helps Bogofilter as much as marking spam.
> _______________________________________________

I have made the changes you suggested. And thanks for your last
comment. I have been carefully marking the rubbish as spam, I did not
realise it was useful to mark legitimate emails as ham. I will start to
do that.

I have always just marked for spam in the past. Learn something every
day,

Neil