Re: Getting started with spam filtering

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, niklas.morberg@axis.com wrote:
> Nothing weird to report, but I am a bit confused regarding
> the group parameters for a ham group:
> 
> 1. I set the spam-contents parameter to
>    `gnus-group-spam-classification-ham'
> 
> The parameter documentation says:
> 
>     On summary exit, the specified ham processors will be invoked on
>     ham-marked messages.  Exercise caution, since the ham processor
>     will see the same message more than once because there is no ham
>     message registry.
> 
> 2. I set spam-process to
>    `gnus-group-ham-exit-processor-stat'.
> 
> The thing I don't understand is why I have to do both?
> Wouldn't it be enough to only do (2)?

A ham group does more than just invoke ham processors - you could have
a ham group just because you want to use the spam-process-destination
parameter, and perhaps future functionality.

> What happens if I only do (1) and not (2)?

Nothing harmful.  You are saying "I have a group with articles that
are positively not spam.  I don't want them processed, though."  The
manual has, I think, a good explanation of all the things that apply
for a ham group - if it doesn't, let me know so I can improve it.

Ted