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The emails are already stored - you can happily move them around or delete them in your email program without affecting what POPFile thinks about them! POPFile only learns when you reclassify an email - it works under the theory of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. | The emails are already stored - you can happily move them around or delete them in your email program without affecting what POPFile thinks about them! POPFile only learns when you reclassify an email - it works under the theory of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. | ||
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===== Quick Guidelines ===== | ===== Quick Guidelines ===== | ||
- | - You must setup at least two buckets and train messages for each bucket. | + | - You must setup at least two buckets and train messages for **each** bucket. |
- **Give POPFile time**. The more you train it, the //better// it gets. | - **Give POPFile time**. The more you train it, the //better// it gets. | ||
- Correct POPFile when it gets things wrong. If you find two similar emails misclassified, | - Correct POPFile when it gets things wrong. If you find two similar emails misclassified, | ||
- Use [[Glossary: | - Use [[Glossary: | ||
- | - Try using POPFile for more than just **Spam** and **NonSpam** classification buckets. There is only a minor difference in accuracy between having the minimum of two buckets and having 3, 7, or 12! More buckets will take a little more time to train, but will save you time by doing more classifying for you. | + | - Try using POPFile for more than just **Spam** and **%%NonSpam%%** classification buckets. There is only a minor difference in accuracy between having the minimum of two buckets and having 3, 7, or 12! More buckets will take a little more time to train, but will save you time by doing more classifying for you. |
- When you define a bucket, have a firm idea of what goes in it. If you constantly struggle about which bucket something should go into, POPFile will struggle too. This can happen if you set up buckets that sometime overlap. | - When you define a bucket, have a firm idea of what goes in it. If you constantly struggle about which bucket something should go into, POPFile will struggle too. This can happen if you set up buckets that sometime overlap. | ||
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