[SURBL-Discuss] Re: Why such a low score?

At 10:55 AM 9/29/2004, Chris Santerre wrote:

What was the reason WS got such a low score in SA 3.0??? .5 is a joke! Hell BigEvil was scored a 3 and now one complained, and it is the same data!! I don't understand. Did the mass check not go well?

Chris... Calm down a sec.

The score assigned by the GA does not indicate how well or poorly a rule performs.

In this case WS probably got a low score due to a large amount of overlap with the other URIBL rules.

Remember, the GA tunes the scores so the optimal amount of spam and ham end up in the right baskets. This means that rule scores aren't a function of just the rule, but a function of how that rule interacts with other rules.