Mailman 3 May 2003 - SpamBayes

Outlook plugin - training
by Moore, Paul Dec. 3, 2003

Dec. 3, 2003

When the Outlook plugin filters mails, it classifies them as either spam or potential spam, and can put them in appropriate folders. In the spam/potential spam folders, there is a "Recover from Spam" button available, and in other folders there is a "Delete as spam" button. These buttons add the message to the training database as well as taking the appropriate action. One thing I don't see, however, is a means of confirming the classifier's decisions as correct. A "yes, that is spam" button for the spam folder, and a "yes, that's ham" button in non-spam folders. As I'm starting from a very small message base, I worry that correct classifications are still somewhat based on "luck", and training based on correct decisions would help to increase both my and the classifier's confidence level. I can do this by regular retraining, but that has 2 disadvantages: it's much clumsier than simply clicking on a "clever boy!" button, and it relies on me not deleting messages until I do a training run. Much of the ham I get is "read and forget", so I'd rather delete immediately. When I get a chance to dive into the code, I'll see how hard this would be to implement. Paul.

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RE: [Spambayes] Outlook plugin - training
by Piers Haken Dec. 3, 2003

Dec. 3, 2003

I don't believe you need this. I think that the classifier automatically trains on messages as they arrive (or at least on messages that it's sure about). You only need to retrain if it has made a mistake, or if it's unsure. Piers. > -----Original Message----- > From: Moore, Paul [mailto:Paul.Moore@atosorigin.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 2:09 AM > To: Spambayes (E-mail) > Subject: [Spambayes] Outlook plugin - training > > > When the Outlook plugin filters mails, it classifies them as > either spam or potential spam, and can put them in > appropriate folders. > > In the spam/potential spam folders, there is a "Recover from > Spam" button available, and in other folders there is a > "Delete as spam" button. These buttons add the message to the > training database as well as taking the appropriate action. > > One thing I don't see, however, is a means of confirming the > classifier's decisions as correct. A "yes, that is spam" > button for the spam folder, and a "yes, that's ham" button in > non-spam folders. > > As I'm starting from a very small message base, I worry that > correct classifications are still somewhat based on "luck", > and training based on correct decisions would help to > increase both my and the classifier's confidence level. > > I can do this by regular retraining, but that has 2 > disadvantages: it's much clumsier than simply clicking on a > "clever boy!" button, and it relies on me not deleting > messages until I do a training run. Much of the ham I get is > "read and forget", so I'd rather delete immediately. > > When I get a chance to dive into the code, I'll see how hard > this would be to implement. > > Paul. > > _______________________________________________ > Spambayes mailing list > Spambayes(a)python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes >

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Installation Error
by Greg Lozier Sept. 2, 2003

Sept. 2, 2003

I installed spambayes today and while installing I received an error message that there is no disk in the drive. Please insert a disk into drive \device\harddisk1\dr3. I cancel the error message it finish loading. It is operational in outlook 2000 now, but when I start outlook I get the above error message. After hitting cancel a few times it will go away and outlook will load. What is causing this error? Thanks, Greg

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Outlook Plugin
by Shaun Broadbent June 5, 2003

June 5, 2003

I am running XP Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600 Outlook 2002(10.4712.4219)SP-2 On a Dell Latitude C610 Laptop. Every mail item seems to attract the following error and is subsequently un-filtered. Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Here's the Deal.....What Are You Waiting For?' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' The only other error I have received a couple of times is this. E:\src\python-cvs\lib\fcntl.py:7: DeprecationWarning: the FCNTL module is deprecated; please use fcntl Helf? Thanks - Shaun Logs -------- SpamAddin - Connecting to Outlook Loaded bayes database from 'C:\Documents and Settings\shaun\Application Data\SpamBayes\default_bayes_database.db' Loaded message database from 'C:\Documents and Settings\shaun\Application Data\SpamBayes\default_message_database.db' Bayes database initialized with 23 spam and 1045 good messages Loaded databases in 303.069ms AntiSpam: Watching for new messages in folder Inbox AntiSpam: Watching for new messages in folder Inbox AntiSpam: Watching for new messages in folder Deleted Items Processing 0 missed spam in folder 'Inbox' took 28.5324ms Processing 0 missed spam in folder 'Inbox' took 2077.83ms Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Italian project is go' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7144F23800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Italian project is go' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Here's the Deal.....What Are You Waiting For?' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7164F23800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Here's the Deal.....What Are You Waiting For?' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, '04/30-04:23 NOCOL time drift CRITICAL' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7184F23800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message '04/30-04:23 NOCOL time drift CRITICAL' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, '04/30-04:35 NOCOL services UNREACHABLE' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A71A4F23800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message '04/30-04:35 NOCOL services UNREACHABLE' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Re: Italian project is go ' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A71C4F23800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Re: Italian project is go ' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Event Alerts' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A71E4F23800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Event Alerts' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, '04/30-05:15 NOCOL services reachable' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7104F33800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message '04/30-05:15 NOCOL services reachable' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Your Daily Dilbert 04/30/2003' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7124F33800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Your Daily Dilbert 04/30/2003' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Sites down for 2 - 3 hours' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7144F33800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Sites down for 2 - 3 hours' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'RE: Italian project is go ' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7184F33800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'RE: Italian project is go ' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'RE: Italian project is go ' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A71A4F33800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'RE: Italian project is go ' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Re: Italian project is go ' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A71E4F33800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Re: Italian project is go ' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Re: Italian project is go' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7104F43800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Re: Italian project is go' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'Sites down for 2 - 3 hours' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7124F43800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'Sites down for 2 - 3 hours' had a Spam classification of 'Failed' Failed filtering message! <MAPIMsgStoreMsg, 'RE: Italian project is go' (read) id=0000000038A1BB1005E5101AA1BB08002B2A56C200007073747072782E646C6C000000000 00000004E495441F9BFB80100AA0037D96E000000433A5C446F63756D656E747320616E64205 3657474696E67735C736861756E5C4C6F63616C2053657474696E67735C4170706C696361746 96F6E20446174615C4D6963726F736F66745C4F75746C6F6F6B5C4F75746C6F6F6B6D61696C2 E656B6F72702E636F6D2D30303030303030322E70737400/000000004C56F495C1D2AB458093 40DA551C6A7144F43800> Traceback (most recent call last): File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\filter.py", line 36, in filter_message File "E:\src\spambayes\Outlook2000\msgstore.py", line 711, in Save com_error: (-2146644781, 'OLE error 0x800cccd3', None, None) Message 'RE: Italian project is go' had a Spam classification of 'Failed'

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Newbie experiences (Emacs + VM) and questions.
by Prabhu Ramachandran June 1, 2003

June 1, 2003

Hi, I use XEmacs and VM as my mailer. I installed Spambayes-1.0a2 a few days back and bungled my way getting things working to my satisfaction. Everything seems to work great now and I'm really happy with the results. Many thanks for the software! The instructions for VM users in INTEGRATION.txt didn't cover all I wanted. I first tried the pop3proxy and liked the web interface. However I did not like a few things (personal preference): 1. All my incoming mails are cached. How many days are these messages cached for? I read somewhere that it was 7 days, is that right and is this configurable? 2. Reviewing messages proved to be a little bit of a pain since it required the browser and an extra set of things to be done. I preferred a solution from within the mailer. BTW can the proxy be configured so that all reviewed messages are deleted? I then adapted the instructions and code from the contrib directory to work with VM directly. Here are instructions for future VM users. 0. Collect a few hundred HAM and SPAM messages each for a while and then do this: /usr/local/bin/hammie.py -d -p ~/vmmail/hammie.db -g HAM -s SPAM I guess this is optional since Spambayes will anyway be retrained later. 1. Create a ~/.spambayesrc that looks like this: [Categorization] ham_cutoff: 0.2 spam_cutoff: 0.90 [hammiefilter] hammiefilter_persistent_storage_file: ~/vmmail/hammie.db 2. Create a .procmailrc like so: :0fw: | /usr/local/bin/hammiefilter.py -d $HOME/vmmail/hammie.db -t The -d $HOME/vmmail/hammie.db is unnecessary I guess but safe. 3. Add the following to your .vm (adapted from contrib/spambayes.el): ;;;;;;;; .vm ;;;;;;;;;;; (defvar spambayes-hammiefilter "/usr/local/bin/hammiefilter.py" "Path to the hammiefilter.py program") (defun spambayes-retrain (is-spam) "Retrain on all processable articles, or the one under the cursor. is-spam is a boolean--true if you want to retrain the message as spam, false if you want to retrain as ham. " (interactive) (message (concat "Retraining" (if is-spam " as SPAM" " as HAM") " ...")) (vm-pipe-message-to-command (concat spambayes-hammiefilter (if is-spam " -s" " -g") " -f") nil) (message (concat "Done retraining messages" (if is-spam " as SPAM" " as HAM") ".") ) ) (defun spambayes-retrain-as-spam () "Retrain and refilter messages as spam, them" (interactive) (spambayes-retrain 't) ) (defun spambayes-retrain-as-ham () "Retrain and refilter messages as ham" (interactive) (spambayes-retrain nil) ) (define-key vm-mode-map "ls" 'spambayes-retrain-as-spam) (define-key vm-summary-mode-map "ls" 'spambayes-retrain-as-spam) (define-key vm-mode-map "lh" 'spambayes-retrain-as-ham) (define-key vm-summary-mode-map "lh" 'spambayes-retrain-as-ham) (setq vm-auto-folder-alist '(("X-Spambayes-Classification:" ("spam" . "~/vmmail/SPAM")) ("X-Spambayes-Classification:" ("unsure" . "~/vmmail/UNSURE")) ) ) ;;;;;;;; .vm ;;;;;;;;;;; Thats it. Now, any false positives or negetives are simply retrained using "ls" or "lh". The commands also work with marked messages. Of course, I might be doing something wrong here so please correct me if I am wrong. Please also feel free to use this in part of the documentation for Spambayes. A few more questions/feature requests/whatnot: 1. Is the approach I use above a decent approach, i.e. training messages as they are received and then correcting errors using retraining. It works fairly well for me but I've not tested it for very long. 2. Is it a good idea to train on every incoming message or are there better approaches? 3. At the moment I receive more HAM than SPAM. Does this matter or make no difference? 4. I see that some folks retrain the whole database every so often. Is this necessary? If so why? 5. It would be nice if hammie.py would retrain on any messages that had an X-Spambayes-Trained header i.e. if Hammie.train(...) would check for the header and if found retrain. If this is intentionally not done it needs to be documented somewhere. Its a little confusing (for a newbie) if there are different scripts with similar options. :) I understand that many things are still being experimented on but it would be nice to have a few rules of thumb with respect to some of the questions I've asked for new users. Thanks again for the excellent software! cheers, prabhu

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I have a resolution for an install problem
by Jon Hinkle June 1, 2003

June 1, 2003

Hey Guys Great so far! I had a problem with the installation in that the spambayes_addin.dll wouldn't register on my system. Well, I'm a software developer and I know a little bit about this, so I ignored the error on your install and ran regsvr32 on that dll and it installed just fine then. Maybe you've packaged a different regsvr32 with your install. I don't know, but it registered fine once I did that. Anyway I opened Outlook and looked for the buttons your about page was speaking about but didn't see those so I followed the troubleshooting guide by going to the COM-Addins button under the Advanced button on the "Other" tab. I noticed that the spambayes addin was there and it was checked, but there were no buttons and the troubleshooting guide said that you were stumped. Well, all I did was remove that add-in and then I add it back in through the add-in manager there and just pointed back to the original installation folder. I'm making this sound more difficult than it is. Basically, just remove and add the spambayes_addin.dll file from the COM-Addin manager within Outlook and it should appear there. At least that's all I did and it works now. That could be another alternative for your troubleshooting guide besides, "I'm stumped". I've heard good things about this software so I'm hoping it does better than what I've had before. Thanks Jon Hinkle Software Developer Autobase, Inc. (317) 806-7911 (317) 842-4242

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Can't register sapmbayes on my PC?????
by Don Wyman June 1, 2003

June 1, 2003

The spambayes_addin.dll will not register at installation or manually on my Windows 2000 pro pc.....I had it installed once, had to make a change to Outlook and now after uninstalling spambayes and trying to reinstall it again...I get a return code 0 error, will not register dll. I then tried the regsvr32 spambayes_addin.dll command in the sambayes directory and get the following error: dllregisterserver in spambayes_admin.dll failed....return code 0xc0000005 removed all occurrences of spam out of the registry, did a regclean, tried to reinstall...still get the errors. I really would like to use this utility, it was working fine at one time...now I can not get it to install...Help!! Thanks...Don Wyman

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No Anti-Spam Item in Outlook Toolbar
by Libby Peck June 1, 2003

June 1, 2003

I have been testing SpamBayes Add-In for Outlook. I have installed the software (Python 2.2 http://www.python.org <http://www.python.org/> , Win32-152.exe http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html) on five systems (Two - Win XP Pro, Two - Win2k, and One- Win98) I have installed the add-in using the installer (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/applications.html ) and also by manually running addin.py. Niether installation has worked on this system. There is no anti-spam item in Outlook toolbar. All of the systems are running Outlook 2002 SP2. The second Win XP Pro system is identical and it is working normally. I do not receive any errors during installation, which completes normally. There is no spambayes1.log file created. I reviewed the troubleshooting.html document and found ................... * If you are running from source code, please re-register the addin, as per the README.txt file. I have reviewed all readme.txt files but have not located instructions on re-registering the add-in. I enjoyed the technician's last response in the troubleshooting document (under binary code troubleshooting) .................. 6. If the SpamBayes addin is listed and checked, but still not working and still not creating log files, then I am stumped! ............ but I hope someone has this figured out by now *S* Thanks, Libby

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Non-pickle database with outlook plugin
by Piers Haken June 1, 2003

June 1, 2003

I was wondering if some kind soul could tell me how to set up the oulook plugin so that it uses bsdbb3 (or similar) instead of pickles for storing its database. I'm getting bored of waiting 5 minutes for outlook to start/stop and having to retrain every time outlook crashes. I know there must be instructions omewhere, but I can't find any. Many thanks. Piers.

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Re: [Spambayes] Database cleaning?
by T. Alexander Popiel May 31, 2003

May 31, 2003

In message: <3ED6F33F.9050000(a)mailcom.com> Leonid Broukhis <leob(a)mailcom.com> writes: >many thanks for the cool program, it helps already, just a few hours after >installation. I have a question, though: the spammers actively employ >subject line chaffing (inserting nonsensical words or random letter >sequences): does this cause database pollution and is there a way to weed >those (usually unique) entries out? Yes, those words cause database pollution, and yes, they can be weeded out with just a handful of lines of code... but it's hard to tell which hapax legomena will be useless, and which will soon get reinforced by other occurences, so it's (IMNSHO) generally not worth the hassle. >I only have 200 Mb in my "virtual server" ISP account, and the database is >closing up to 3 Mb after one day. Don't worry too hard about it. With 4 months of data, my database is only 21 meg. The DB growth slows down a lot after the first couple days. - Alex

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