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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005>According to your logfile, you've trained "4 spam and
412 good" messages. This is almost certainly the reason for your
problem.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=005590321-24052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005>This is an *extreme* oversimplification of the
mathematics in SpamBayes, but the SpamBayes filter basically boils down to
taking each word in the message and comparing the percentage of spam messages
that contain the word to the percentage of good messages that contain the word.
Let's say you have a word that appears in 2 spam messages. That's 50% (2/4). To
get an equal 50% of good messages to balance the spam percentage, the word would
have to appear in 206 good messages (206/412 = 50%). As you can see, it doesn't
take nearly as many occurrences of a word to make it seem spammy as it does to
make it seem good.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005>To solve the problem, I would start by resetting your
training data and starting over from scratch. To do that, first close Outlook
and then go to your "\Documents and Settings\username\Application
Data\SpamBayes" directory and delete the *.db files. Now restart Outlook. With
no training data, any new messages should go to your "Unsure" or "Possible Spam"
folder. Select each unsure message and select either "Delete as Spam" or
"Recover from Spam" to train SpamBayes with the correct classification. With a
little training, SpamBayes will soon start identifying new messages as
either good or spam. Just keep an eye on the results and use the toolbar buttons
to train any messages that SpamBayes classifies incorrectly or as unsure. You
should find that the accuracy of the SpamBayes filter will increase very
quickly.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005>You can read more about training on the SpamBayes wiki.
This particular style of training is referred to as TrainOnErrorsAndUnsures on
the wiki.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=005590321-24052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005><A
href="http://entrian.com/sbwiki/TrainingIdeas">http://entrian.com/sbwiki/TrainingIdeas</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=005590321-24052005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>-- </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Kenny Pitt</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> drogers@SMRTInc.com
[mailto:drogers@SMRTInc.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:47
PM<BR><B>To:</B> kenny.pitt@gmail.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Spambayes] Spam
Help<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Kenny, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks for the tip. Here is the log
file.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There is no server side filter
too.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Kenny
Pitt [mailto:kenny.pitt@gmail.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:40
PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Darrell Rogers</st1:PersonName>; spambayes@python.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Spambayes] Spam
Help</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">If SpamBayes is
running and moving messages to the Spam folder then it should also be creating a
log file. Try searching your hard disk for any file named "spambayes?.log"
(where ? could be any of the digits 1, 2, 3, or 4). The log file would be very
helpful in determining what is causing this.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">You could also use
the "Show spam clues" command in the SpamBayes menu and send us the clues for
one of the messages that was incorrectly moved to the Spam folder. The clues
will usually allow us to determine if there is a training problem that is
causing the misclassification.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana color=blue size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">If there really is no
log file on your disk then it is highly unlikely that it is SpamBayes that is
moving the messages. In that case, you should check if there is another spam
filter running or if you have any message rules that might be moving the
messages. If you are connecting to an Exchange server, there is also a slight
possibility that your organization might be running a server-side spam filter
that is moving the messages before you access them.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">-- </SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Verdana size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">Kenny
Pitt</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
spambayes-bounces@python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of
</SPAN></B>drogers@SMRTInc.com<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Tuesday, May 24, 2005 10:45
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
spambayes@python.org<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B>
[Spambayes] Spam Help</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Hello,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All of my email is being filtered as
spam. I goes directly to the Spam folder. I checked you trouble shooting guide,
but still could not fix. I even upgraded to your latest version of
SpamBayes...1.0.4 (March 2005) Can you help?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank
you.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Darrell
Rogers</SPAN></FONT></st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Op System isWindows 2000 running Outlook
2000<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SpamBayes 1.0.4 (March
2005)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There was no log
file</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P>
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