Mailman 3 October 2006 - spambayes-dev

Re: [spambayes-dev] effective tokenizer for wiki text
by skip＠pobox.com Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

>> So far, I think most of us have bent our input to look like email. I >> think that would be a lot easier than writing and debugging a new >> tokenizer. Matt> Yes, I think it would be fine to start testing the filter that Matt> way, but I figured since the custom tokenizer had been suggested Matt> it was worth looking into what would be required and what the Matt> advantages might be. Maybe subclass tokenizer.Tokenizer and override the tokenize method? Skip

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effective tokenizer for wiki text
by Matt Good Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

The Trac[1] project has resurrected work on a SpamBayes plugin for filtering Wiki and ticket edits after finding the current Akismet system to be unreliable. Tony Meyer added some comments[2] to the Wiki suggesting that we write a custom tokenizer instead of using the built-in email-centric tokenizer. Are there examples from other people that have written custom tokenizers that may be helpful, or do you have any hints on what to take into account for writing an effective tokenizer for Wiki text? -- Matt Good [1] http://trac.edgewall.org [2] http://trac.edgewall.org/wiki/SpamFilter#Bayes

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Design Doc for Tokenizer
by dk7x＠berkeley.edu Oct. 30, 2006

Oct. 30, 2006

Hey all, I'm currently doing a UC Berkeley research project. We would like to understand what interactions the tokenizer has with the different modules. Is there any documentation available that describes the different modules? We are interested in what the email representation is after email is tokenized and going into the learner and classifier. In addition, we would like to isolate the tokenizer. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your response. Kai Xia

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Question
by Steven Kant Oct. 24, 2006

Oct. 24, 2006

In my installation of SpamBayes (1.0.4) with Outlook 2003, I have set the Manager | Filtering Tab to Mark Spam as Read, but it does not do this, so Spam keeps coming up as unread mail. This means that I have to keep looking at messages that are Spam. Any ideas? Steven Kant Working Systems Inc. 218 1/2 West Fourth Ave Olympia WA 98501 (360) 943-7640 x103 toll-free: (866)-396-6767 fax: (360) 943-0596 http://www.workingsystems.com

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NetPbm for Windows
by Kasper Vibe Grevsen Oct. 23, 2006

Oct. 23, 2006

Hi friends, just thought I would share this link: NetPbm for Windows: http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/netpbm.htm -- Best regards Vibe

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Media enquiry
by Tim Dean Oct. 20, 2006

Oct. 20, 2006

Hi folks, I'm currently writing a column in PC Authority magazine (www.pcauthority.com.au <http://www.pcauthority.com.au/> ) on the new wave of spam that use randomised or semi-randomised words to confound Bayesian filters. I'm looking for a developer for SpamBayes who would be willing to help me understand the issue and who can make a few comments on the impact of this kind of spam on filters such as SpamBayes, and how spam is evolving in general. Any information, comments or quotes would be greatly appreciated. You can contact me through this email address: tdean at abbrev.com.au. Best regards, Tim Dean Freelance journalist w. www.timstechguide.com.au e. tdean(a)abbrev.com.au p. (02) 9518 3481 m. 0412 560 365

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Terminal Services
by Philip Hunt Oct. 13, 2006

Oct. 13, 2006

Dear Sirs, Can I use Spam-Bayes in a multi-user enviroment such as Microsoft Terminal Server? I have installed it, only the first one to use Outlook gets the Spam-Bayes filter. Thank you, Philip Hunt

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Re: [spambayes-dev] SpamBayes Stopped Working
by Robert Mezzone Oct. 3, 2006

Oct. 3, 2006

Try Help, About Outlook, Disabled Items. -----Original Message----- From: spambayes-dev-bounces(a)python.org <spambayes-dev-bounces(a)python.org> To: spambayes-dev(a)python.org <spambayes-dev(a)python.org> Sent: Tue Oct 03 07:49:48 2006 Subject: [spambayes-dev] SpamBayes Stopped Working I'm using Outlook 2002. Spambayes was working fine. No problems other than when I once deleted my Suspect Junk Mail directory but that was easy enough to correct. What has happened is this. When I would get SPAM, highlight the message and click "Delete As SPAM" nothing happened. I checked the FAQ and saw the question regarding something similar and the suggestion was to go to another directory (folder) and then go back and it would be gone. This wasn't the case for me. So I thought perhaps the program had become corrupted and removed it. I then restarted me computer just to make sure everything was cleared. I went back into OutLook and the SpamBayes buttons were still there. I thought that was odd. So I checked the Program folder. SpamBayes was gone. So I restarted again. Buttons for SpamBayes remained. OK. I decided to reload the program. Once done a restarted the computer again and went into OutLook. Buttons were there as expected but the same situation. The buttons weren't doing anything. I haven't checked the forums to see if anyone else has had this problem but I'll do that as I get time. Just thought you might want to know if hundreds of people haven't already e-mailed. Chet _______________________________________________ spambayes-dev mailing list spambayes-dev(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes-dev The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may be confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material, including all attachments from any computer without printing, copying, forwarding or saving it. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorized to state them to be the views of any such entity. Peter J. Solomon Company reserves the right, to the extent and under circumstances permitted by applicable law, to retain, monitor and intercept e-mail messages to and from its systems.

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SpamBayes Stopped Working
by Chet C Oct. 3, 2006

Oct. 3, 2006

I'm using Outlook 2002. Spambayes was working fine. No problems other than when I once deleted my Suspect Junk Mail directory but that was easy enough to correct. What has happened is this. When I would get SPAM, highlight the message and click "Delete As SPAM" nothing happened. I checked the FAQ and saw the question regarding something similar and the suggestion was to go to another directory (folder) and then go back and it would be gone. This wasn't the case for me. So I thought perhaps the program had become corrupted and removed it. I then restarted me computer just to make sure everything was cleared. I went back into OutLook and the SpamBayes buttons were still there. I thought that was odd. So I checked the Program folder. SpamBayes was gone. So I restarted again. Buttons for SpamBayes remained. OK. I decided to reload the program. Once done a restarted the computer again and went into OutLook. Buttons were there as expected but the same situation. The buttons weren't doing anything. I haven't checked the forums to see if anyone else has had this problem but I'll do that as I get time. Just thought you might want to know if hundreds of people haven't already e-mailed. Chet

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