Mailman 3 October 2007 - spambayes-dev

Unsafe Pickle Saving
by David Abrahams Oct. 29, 2007

Oct. 29, 2007

SpamBayes has, in storage.py, some code for storing pickles safely, but that code is only used for the training database and not the numerous other pickles used in SpamBayes, e.g. for caches. The result was that, when I was doing server-side filtering, cache pickles would be read while being written, and SpamBayes wasn't prepared to deal with the corruption. I submitted a patch at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1816240&group_id=6… that factors that code out and uses it wherever pickles are saved. Frankly it would be worth looking at all the places where SpamBayes saves files, because this is probably not a pickle-specific issue. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com

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How do I setup spambayes for this situation....
by Neill Davy Oct. 27, 2007

Oct. 27, 2007

I currently have two email addresses which I access through Outlook Express. A tiscali one and a hotmail one. How do I set up Spambayes for this? The info I have currently found in the FAQs seems to be based around just a POP3 supplier - so I'm nor sure whether to just follow that or not. clueless of MK

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Re: [spambayes-dev] [Spambayes] removal
by Amedee Van Gasse Oct. 12, 2007

Oct. 12, 2007

Op dinsdag 21-08-2007 om 08:38 uur [tijdzone -0700], schreef cindy lucas: > please remove me from your list > _______________________________________________ > SpamBayes(a)python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html A request for the SpamBayes developers: could you please add a FAQ entry that explains how to subscribe, but more important: how to UNsubscribe from the mailing list? I am subscribed to a lot of mailman mailing lists, and the last few days or weeks there was a lot of noise on those lists about people who wanted to unsubscribe. Because of some unexplainable reason, people don't scroll to the bottom of the listinfo page. On one list, they changed the mailinglist footer. I would suggest: SpamBayes(a)python.org Info/Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.htm People really need to be informed that they can unsubscribe themselves, but only if they follow the correct procedures. -- Amedee Van Gasse <amedee(a)amedee.be>

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exceptions in windows binary
by Mark Hammond Oct. 9, 2007

Oct. 9, 2007

I just tried the spambayes-1.1a4-070629 with a proxy and I think there is a problem. If you do not select the 'upgrade databases' option, attempting to train will result in: Training... 500 Server error Traceback (most recent call last): File "spambayes\Dibbler.pyc", line 476, in found_terminator File "spambayes\ProxyUI.pyc", line 304, in onReview File "spambayes\Stats.pyc", line 134, in RecordTraining File "spambayes\message.pyc", line 147, in set_persistent_statistics File "shelve.pyc", line 130, in __setitem__ TypeError: object does not support item assignment I only played with this as I first saw it on my Mum's PC - I had left the 'upgrade' option enabled, but saw an exception flash by in the DOS box that briefly appeared, and then started seeing the exception. On a whim, I re-executed the converter, and the problem went away. Returning home, I tried to repro, but could not - I didn't see an exception (although it may have been too fast) and I didn't see the error. I uninstalled, removed the spambayes data directory, re-ran the executable, deselected the options, then was able to repro it. The installer also asks you twice about upgrading - in the first dialog, then at the end. I only de-selected the end one. I'm just noting it here as I'm too lazy to open a bug, but this seems like a bug we need to fix before 1.0. Anyone have any clues? Mark

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