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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am using SpamBayes POP3 Proxy Version 0.4
(February 2004) (binary), with version 2.3.2+ (#49, Oct 23 2003, 15:50:06) [MSC
v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] of Python; my operating system is Windows 5.0.2195.2
(Service Pack 4). I have trained 3 ham and 661 spam.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The problem I am having is that I am unable to
remove a previous hammie.db database because I can't find it and this is causing
inconsistencies in the Web user interface and possibly in Spambayes'
operations.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi, the above technical details (re: training) are
not entirely accurate and this is part of the problem I'm having. When I first
installed Spambayes I tried training it on some spam (661 messages as indicated
above) and then I tried to feed it a .dbx store containing more than ham 3000
messages (I had not yet read the docs regarding the 1:1 spam/ham training
ratio). After more than one hour of waiting for it to process the ham, I gave up
and shut down the server. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I tried to read how to delete and rebuild the
database but I could not find "hammie.db" anywhere on my computer so I could not
delete the database. I reinstalled Spambayes numerous times and whenever I
opened the Web interface it still showed my previous spam training stats (661
spam, 3 ham). Next I configured Spambayes to use a specific .db file (I gave it
the full path this time) and it created the database file and showed my training
stats at 0/0.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This was fine, the slate was clean and I was ready
to retrain the system. This time I fed Spambayes roughly 600 spam and 600 ham.
It has been working great since then, but now whenever I change something else
in the configuration settings and go back to the home page, it still shows my
old spam/ham training numbers (661 spam, 3 ham)! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>After a short while, if I restart the proxy server
it comes up with my current stats (the real ones that I've created since
retraining Spambayes), but as you can see from above, it occasionally reverts to
the initial training status. Is there any way for me to permamently remove any
remnants from my first training database? Since I can't find the database I have
no way to delete it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Aside from this I am quite impressed with your
product.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I would appreciate your help,<BR>Ian
H.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:ihlavats@tarantulaconsulting.com">ihlavats@tarantulaconsulting.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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