Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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General questions
Q. Is there a mailing list to notify me of a new release?
A. TODO: answer
Installing FuzzyOCR
Q. Are there any installation guides for common OSes?
A. CentOS/RHEL: http://www.wains.be/index.php/2006/12/29/install-fuzzyocr-on-centos/
A: FreeBSD - Just install FuzzyOCR from /usr/ports/mail/p5-FuzzyOcr?, and follow the install-message given. Try man pkg_info, if you missed the install-message.
Problems while running
Q. I just got ~20 points from FuzzyOcr on a legitimate message. This was not the first time that has happened. I'd like to be able to cap its generated score to something low like 3.0 points before I re-enable the plugin. ... I think OCR processing will stop once the mail's overall SA score hits the focr_autodisable_score, but then if the default is 10, how did I get so many points? More documentation on this feature would be appreciated.
A. TODO: answer
User contributed problems and solutions
Q. Rather than analysing the words found in the image yourself, is it possible for you to pass the words back to SpamAssassin?, so that they then form part of the body text? This would allow the hundreds of standard SA tests to be applied to them.
A. If you take a look at the actual results of the OCR engines used, then you'll see that the output suffers from a lot of noise. Hence, it is not suited for common word analysis like bayes, and FuzzyOcr uses a special fuzzy matching algorithm to find the words.
Q. FuzzyOcr has decided that a legitimate image (used in our corporate email signature) is spam. How do we mark it as ham so it doesn't trigger a spam hit?
A. TODO: answer
Q. What are good OCR settings?
A. Read then contribute to GoodOcrSettings
