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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">My setup is:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">pop3 server on my ISP</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">stunnel to isp</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">spambayes to stunnel</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">email client to spambayes</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">So your idea of using ptocmailrc is a good one... just not practical in my situation.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">BTW I am using the proxy interface to spambayes.</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">Chuck</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">On 9 May 2006 at 19:30, amedee@amedee.be wrote:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > How Can I pre-filter the training web page?  I get a lot of email from</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > mailing lists that have a</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > very low instance of SPAM and I would like to ignore them.  Is there a way</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > I can have</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > spambayes toss them so I can concentrate on the rest of the mail without</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > having to sift</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > through the mailing lists?  Is the only way to do this is to directly</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > filter the data base?  If so</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> > what files do I need to touch with a bash script?</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> You didin't say how your mail is set up. I'll tell you how I solved it.</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> In my .procmailrc I move email from trusted mailing lists to separate</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> folders BEFORE the SpamBayes filtering kicks in, like this:</span></font></div>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> ### These emails are not filtered by SpamBayes</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> ## Mailing lists</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # Pandora User Base mailing lists</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^List-Id:[^<]+<\/[^.]+\.pub\.telenet\.be</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> {</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">>         :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">>         * MATCH ?? ^\/[^.]+</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">>         .pub.${MATCH}/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> }</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # PUB, not from mailing list</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^From:.*pub\.telenet\.be</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .pub/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^Subject:.*\[smokeping</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .smokeping/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^List-id: campagne\.duimenvoorjongeren\.be</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .duimenvoorjongeren/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> ## Logs</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^From: logcheck</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .log.logcheck/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^Subject:.*\[SmokeAlert</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .log.smokealert/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^Subject:.*\[SNORT</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .log.snort/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^Subject: Cron</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .log.cron/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> ### SpamBayes filtering starts here</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0 fw:hamlock</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> | sb_filter.py</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # Messages that are so obviously spam that we should not train on them</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^X-SpamBayes-Classification: spam; 1.00</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .ztrain.obvious-spam/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # Messages that are spam but we might want to train on them</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^X-SpamBayes-Classification: spam</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .ztrain.spam/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # Unsure messages must be copied to the unsure folder for training</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0 c</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^X-SpamBayes-Classification: unsure</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .ztrain.unsure/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # Ham that doesn't score 0.00 is eligible for training as well</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0 c</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^X-SpamBayes-Classification: ham; 0.0[2-9]</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .ztrain.ham/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0 c</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^X-SpamBayes-Classification: ham; 0.1[0-9]</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .ztrain.ham/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> ### These mailing lists are filtered by SpamBayes</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> # Spambayes mailing list</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^List-Id:.*spambayes\.python\.org</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .spambayes/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> :0:</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> * ^Subject:.*\[Spambayes\]</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> .spambayes/</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Hope this helps,</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> -- </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Amedee Van Gasse</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> amedee@amedee.be</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> </span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> _______________________________________________</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> SpamBayes@python.org</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes</span></font></div>
<div align="left"><font face="Arial" color="#7f0000" size="2"><span style="font-size:10pt">> Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html</span></font></div>
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