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<DIV><FONT face="Century Schoolbook" color=#800000 size=2><SPAN
class=819462217-07122005>Since you're an Exchange user, create an Outlook rule
to move messages from your business partner to a folder that doesn't get
filtered. By default, such rules run on the server. (Indeed, it's hard to create
one that doesn't, but that's beyond the scope of this discussion.) Since
Spambayes runs on the client, the message will have been moved out of reach
before Spambayes has a chance to see it</SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Century Schoolbook" color=#800000 size=2><SPAN
class=819462217-07122005>.</DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
spambayes-bounces@python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Rick Scherle<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:51
PM<BR><B>To:</B> spambayes@python.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Spambayes] Just a
thought...<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">First of all, I really like this
piece of code. I’ve been interested in Bayesian filtering ever since Graham
wrote his paper, and your implementation is very
useful.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">SpamBayes mostly works on my
email, but occasionally an important message from one of my business partners
gets sent to the questionable mail folder. I don’t want this to ever happen,
not even one time. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">There are some people with whom I
correspond that are completely trusted by me, regardless of the content they
send. Yes, it is possible that they could be impersonated. Yes, it is possible
that a virus could take possession of their laptop, but these are the risks
you run in a relationship. (I’m not going to give my girlfriend a weekly blood
test before I sleep with her.)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In my experience, it is far too
easy to get dogmatic about a philosophy and forget what it is that we were
trying to do in the first place. And so, when people ask for white lists or
black lists, the immediate reaction is that this is not within the philosophy
of Bayesian filtering. Well, true enough. But they are SO easy to implement,
and they could be an adjunctive technology which moves your software from 98%
to 100%; at least for me.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">All the best, and keep up the good
work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">--Rick
Scherle<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>