Mailman 3 October 2005 - SpamBayes

spambayes quit working and won't reinstall
by Norm Dingle Feb. 6, 2007

Feb. 6, 2007

I am running Outlook 2003 and had Spambayes running fine. All of a sudden it quit working. I have read the trouble shooting manual and nothing seems to work. I have uninstalled Spambayes and reinstalled several times. The log file says it is registered. When I go to the Advanced options/Comm Addinns dialog Spambay show in the list but unchecked. I check it and then restart Outlook. No Spambayes. The addin dialog then shows it unchecked again. Right now I don’t have any other ideas about what to try. Thanks Norm -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/90 - Release Date: 9/5/2005

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RE: [Spambayes] Win32 Command Line
by Tony Meyer Jan. 10, 2007

Jan. 10, 2007

> I've been trying to find a way to run SpamBayes from the > command line against "raw" email files on Windows Server > 2003. Obviously, I'm trying to integrate this with a mail > server. Does anybody have any experience with this or > suggestions on where I can find more information? My initial > searches have come up empty handed. You need to be running from source, and the sb_filter script is probably a good place to start. You may wish to read: <http://spambayes.org/server_side.html>. =Tony Meyer --- Please always include the list (spambayes(a)python.org) in your replies (reply-all), and please don't send me personal mail about SpamBayes. This way, you get everyone's help, and avoid a lack of replies when I'm busy.

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Re: [Spambayes] users should share database
by Jesse Pelton Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

As far as I know, SpamBayes does no contention management (locking) on its databases. As a result, there's no robust way to share a database among multiple processes. So I think that even if you solve the current problem, you won't be able to get this approach to work. If you need to filter mail for multiple users with a single database, you'll probably need to set up server-side filtering, so only one process uses the database. Personally, I think the individualized nature of the database is one of SpamBayes' greatest assets. One man's ham is another's spam. Even if you get it working, using a single database to filter for multiple users seems likely to provide a lower quality of filtering (from your users' point of view) than individual databases would. > -----Original Message----- > From: spambayes-bounces(a)python.org > [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Mag. Arno > Schoblocher > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 10:38 AM > To: spambayes(a)python.org > Subject: [Spambayes] users should share database > > Hello, > > I tested the outlook add-in twice now but I could not make it > work: I am > trying to have a central database for all users, however, it > does not work > because the user-based ini-file on the central network drive > has always the > same name (eg. outlook.ini, or MS Exchange Settings.ini) for > every user. > > So, for one user the network share works, if another user starts he > overwrites the existing "outlook.ini" file with his personal > data also named > "outlook.ini" (eg. outlook folder names). > > My problem behind is that I would like to know if I can > install Spambayes on > a Windows 2000 SP4 Terminal Server running Outlook XP (Office > XP), however, > I could not find any useful instruction for installation in > readme-files and > the mail archives. > > How do I install the Spambayes outlook addin with a central > spam database on > a Win2k Terminal Server or Win2k Pro with multiple users? I > would very much > appreciate if someone could add an article about how to > install Spambayes on > a Windows multi user system (Win2k Pro or Win2k/2k3 server) > additionally to > the existing documentation. > > Maybe I am doing something wrong. I installed the software > (with change user > /install on the TS), run > outlook_addin_register.exe hkey_local_machine > edit the ini-file to use the network share. > > When starting Outlook the wizard comes up, however, everybody > writes to the > same ini-file. > > Regards > > arno

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Undo Delete as Spam Sender
by Beverly Wertman May 13, 2006

May 13, 2006

I'm not sure what version I have, I couldn't find it under the About section. I downloaded it in Jun 2005, if that helps I need to undo selecting a sender into "delete as spam" I had them selected and hit the wrong button. Thank YOU

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Training & Modified
by Willy De Waele Jan. 7, 2006

Jan. 7, 2006

Hi, Perhaps this is an old question ... During training the "modified date" is set to the "training date" and the archiving is postponed. How can I prevent this? TIA Willy --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0540-8, 2005-10-07 Tested on: 10/10/2005 12:39:20 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2005 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

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Better default configuration for SpamBayes?
by Michael Logies Nov. 14, 2005

Nov. 14, 2005

Hello, I switched from POPFile to Spambayes about 6 months ago, because I had false positives with POPFile from time to time and POPFile is lacking the "unsure"-classification. I didn`t change the default configuration when I started with SpamBayes, because I didn`t know the product. But I already was wondering about the default configuration on the "untrained messages"-page, which is "defer" for unsure messages, "ham" for presumably ham messages and "spam" for presumably spam messages. PopFile was more restrictive, it only trained on messages which were manually chosen for being trained. The problem I have with this configuration is, that overtraining and wrong classification happen too easily. I get hundreds of emails every day, and I often found myself checking only the "unsure"-messages, then pressing the "train"-button. I think, I did mistakes this way and the performance of SpamBayes didn`t become better with time. Luckily my hammie.db got corrupted recently when I was coming back from holidays, did training of messages and the computer did a scheduled reboot in the middle of the training... The hammie.db had grown to over 20 MB, and classification had become a bit slow. Now I have a different default configuration: "defer" for unsure, "discard" for ham/spam-messages. This way I avoid errors of classification. hammie.db is only 650 kB now, SpamBayes is faster and seems to be as reliable as ever. So perhaps you should change the default configuration of SpamBayes accordingly? Keep up the good work! Best Regards Michael -- http://www.logies.de/ (u. a. _die_ Mailingliste für die Dentalbranche) PGP-key (RSA/IDEA) kommt mit angeforderter Empfangsbestätigung (return receipt)

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SpamBayes to Handle Embedded Images
by FreeMJ＠HotPop.com Nov. 5, 2005

Nov. 5, 2005

Back in April, Tony Meyer posted that he was receiving a lot of image-based spam. I too am having nothing but trouble with embedded images: - Daily adds for fake Rolex watches - Daily stock tips - TONS of drugs for sale. This style of Spam contains an image at the top, followed by a bunch of totally unrelated text that has been copied from some kind of random composition. I have very large Spam & Ham folders, that I've successfully trained SpamBayes with. It's only these image-based adverts that sneak by EVERY DAY. Something really needs to be done about this type of Spam within SpamBayes. Are any other Spam engines able to handle this stuff, by scanning the image for text, or something?

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"Suspects" folder missing
by Tony Walton Oct. 31, 2005

Oct. 31, 2005

Greetings! For several weeks now when I receive some email messages, I see them appear in my inbox and then disappear. Unfortunately, some of these messages are not Spam. Today, I thought that I would do some checking and as I read the material, I realized that I don't have a "suspects" folder. I'm hopeful that the missing emails are there but I can't locate that folder. I even right clicked on the Outlook tool bar and Spambayes is checked. I unchecked and rechecked it and I still only show "Delete as Spam". There is no "suspects" button. Is that where my emails are ending up? This is making me crazy. Thanks, Tony

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Outlook Reminders not working
by John D. Penrose Oct. 31, 2005

Oct. 31, 2005

I just installed the Outlook plugin from the installer, binary version 1.0.4. I'm running Windows XP Pro version 2002 SP2. I'm running Outlook 2003 11.5608.5606 After I installed SpamBayes, I no longer had reminders. I clicked View, Reminders Window, and it came up empty. Before this I had reminders pending. I also created an appointment in Outlook with a reminder set to go off 10 minutes before, and it does not show up in the Reminders Window. Is there something I can do to get reminders back? (Other than that, it works great! Thanks for all your hard work!) Thanks, John

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Error-Guard Support Request
by julio petrement Oct. 31, 2005

Oct. 31, 2005

Hace unos meses paue la inscripción en su programa,asinándome la referencia LY 351G12,la cual recibí junto a las claves de instalacion, Debido a una averia he tenido que forematear el disco,perdiendp la instalacion del programa.He intentado contectarme de nuevo con Error Guard y no encuentro las pantallas con las cuales estaba familiarizado y que utilice para hacer el pago y recibir su infoirmacion como usuario. Por favor indiquenme que debo hacer para conectarme de nuevo.Gracia Dr.Petrement

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