Mailman 3 May 2006 - spambayes-dev

sb_imapfilter: bad FETCH response
by David Abrahams Aug. 7, 2006

Aug. 7, 2006

FYI, with the CVS HEAD as of 18 January: Loading state from /usr/home/dave/hammie.new.db database /usr/home/dave/hammie.new.db is a new database Loading database /usr/home/dave/hammie.new.db... Done. Account: www.stlport.com:993 Training Training ham folder HamBox Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 1283, in ? run() File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 1261, in run imap_filter.Train() File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 1004, in Train num_trained = folder.Train(self.classifier, is_spam) File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 888, in Train for msg in self: File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 799, in __iter__ yield self[key] File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 831, in __getitem__ data = self.imap_server.extract_fetch_data(response_data) File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 455, in extract_fetch_data msg_data = self._extract_fetch_data(msg) File "/usr/home/dave/src/spambayes/scripts/sb_imapfilter.py", line 428, in _extract_fetch_data raise BadIMAPResponseError("FETCH response", response) __main__.BadIMAPResponseError: The command 'FETCH response' failed to give an OK response. (' UID 1967)',) Rolling back to the last released version of spambayes makes this problem go away. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com

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Question
by Sandra Brown May 21, 2006

May 21, 2006

When I attempt to download SpamBayes to my computer, it asks me to identify a "mirror". What does that mean? I live in Northern Calif., which mirror should I choose, if any? Thanks Life might not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here we may as well dance!

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Probable error in Windows FAQ
by Nigel Duncan May 17, 2006

May 17, 2006

I am prepared to suggest alterations to the Windows FAQ (at least the parts that affect Eudora), but first I want to have it agreed that I have found an important error. Essentially spam can only be RECEIVED mail from the POP server (or IMAP server if you happen to have one). Therefore an SMTP server can have nothing to do with the question. I removed all references to the SMTP server and port in my Eudora.ini file and everything seems to be working fine - but I have added a return receipt to this message to be on the safe side. Apart from this error (and another lesser one) I would try and develop a more user-friendly version as I gain experience (without getting into Outlook or Outlook Express, which I have but don't use) as I am used to writing and translating technical documents with emphasis on clarity for the user. Another point is the preferred file format - as public domain are you allergic to MS Word 2003? It should be easily convertible to html, but Word would be much easier for me to format. I am also sending this message to the developer's list as it is not 100% clear which is the right one for this case. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Duncan Jerez 4, P4, 4B E-28016 MADRID, Spain Tel: (0034) 91-350-4793 email: nduncan(a)cqmail.net

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Probable error in Windows FAQ
by Nigel Duncan May 17, 2006

May 17, 2006

I am prepared to suggest alterations to the Windows FAQ (at least the parts that affect Eudora), but first I want to have it agreed that I have found an important error. Essentially spam can only be RECEIVED mail from the POP server (or IMAP server if you happen to have one). Therefore an SMTP server can have nothing to do with the question. I removed all references to the SMTP server and port in my Eudora.ini file and everything seems to be working fine - but I have added a return receipt to this message to be on the safe side. Apart from this error (and another lesser one) I would try and develop a more user-friendly version as I gain experience (without getting into Outlook or Outlook Express, which I have but don't use) as I am used to writing and translating technical documents with emphasis on clarity for the user. Another point is the preferred file format - as public domain are you allergic to MS Word 2003? It should be easily convertible to html, but Word would be much easier for me to format. I am also sending this message to the developer's list as it is not 100% clear which is the right one for this case. PS I spoke too soon. Some messages got through the SpamBayes proxy server. Now neither that nor my original one is recognised. So I think I need some HELP!!!!!, which I¡ll have to look for on the mailing list. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Nigel Duncan Jerez 4, P4, 4B E-28016 MADRID, Spain Tel: (0034) 91-350-4793 email: nduncan(a)cqmail.net

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New urls
by skip＠pobox.com May 7, 2006

May 7, 2006

I'm still fiddling around with these spams that have a bunch of one-letter words hiding drugs for sale: V k I p A m G i R u A v V j A v L s I t U w M g X g A f N a A f X q C x I e A a L g I c S l followed by a url: http://www.prouceteir.com followed by some presumably benign text: physiolog resis comminute Phoeb ideologis not called for; local anesthetics were sufficient for the cleansing and suturing, followed by generous injections of antibiotics. The foreign objects had passed through their bodies, explained the chief doctor. I presume you mean bullets when you speak so reverently of foreign objects, said Krupkin in high dudgeon. He means bullets, confirmed Alex hoarsely in Russian. The retired I don't think there's much to grab onto in the benign text section, however the url tends to vary a lot and the domain name generally seems very new. For instance, according to whois, the above domain was created on April 28th. I received the spam it contained on April 30th. The others of this ilk I've looked at were also new domains. That suggests to me a couple possibilities: * look up the age of the domains via whois (preferably caching those lookups for a reasonable period - 90 days, one year?) * note whether or not you've seen the domain before * lookup (and cache) other information about the domain name - registrar, registrant, etc. The creation date currently seems the hardest to fake, though it's expensive to calculate and I suppose eventually the spammers will start creating their own registrars (if they haven't already) and back-date the information they provide. I suppose you could start tokenizing these one-letter runs as well and see if they contain embedded words: C x I e A a L g I c S l ==> CIALIS Thoughts? Anybody else seeing lots of this stuff sneak through as unsure? Skip

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Your link has been uploaded
by Rey Mysterio May 5, 2006

May 5, 2006

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