Re: [Micronet] CalMail spam notification

On Sep 7, 2004, at 3:18 PM, Jon Forrest wrote:
>
> This is a little bit off topic, but would it be possible
> to instead of the tag saying "[SPAM:XXX]" that the XXX part
> be the probability that the message is spam. (For example,
> it might be "[SPAM:075]" if the probability were 75% that
> the message was spam.) That way we could tune our individual
> filtering level to be optimal.
>

Jon,

        I believe that each X in the subject tag represents ten percentage
points on the spam scale. Compare the subject tags to the spam header:

9 Xs for 93%:

        Subject: [SPAM:XXXXXXXXX] re[12]:
        X-Ucb-Spam: Gauge=XXXXXXXXXIII, Probability=93%,......

and 7 Xs for 72%:

        Subject: [SPAM:XXXXXXX] Citizens Bank: Please Confirm Your Internet
Banking Identity
        X-Ucb-Spam: Gauge=XXXXXXXII, Probability=72%,...

So, basically, this feature already exists.

        (I have users tune their filter threshold by the number of Xs in the
subject tag already.)

-Greg

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