Mailman 3 December 2005 - SpamBayes

spambayes quit working and won't reinstall
by Norm Dingle Feb. 7, 2007

Feb. 7, 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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Sharing database among multiple IMAP clients?
by Deneb Meketa Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

Hello! I'm completely new to SpamBayes, and I'm trying to figure out how I want to set it up for myself. Thanks to the list in advance. I'll probably be using an IMAP server and accessing my mail from two main places - work and home. My question is: how can I (and should I, even) share the training data between the two locations? Ideally I'd like to maintain just one database, since this will all be a single set of mail; otherwise I'd have to repeat the same training at home and at work. Several possibilities occur to me, and I'm curious to hear other users' suggestions on these: 1. Manually copy the database file(s) from one location to the other. There are several variations on this. I could just do the initial training in one location and copy to the other, then maintain each database separately thereafter, expecting the follow-on training to take much less work. Or I could copy the DB each time I did some training. Or, if there's some reliable way to merge the two slightly different DBs, I could periodically do that. 2. Maintain the database file(s) on a server somewhere. This is really more what I want, but it's harder to arrange. The best thing, obviously, would be to run SpamBayes on the server, but I'm expecting that, for reliability and simplicity, I'll probably be using a shared commercial server where I can't install SpamBayes. But even if I'm running SpamBayes on the client, I could maintain a single DB in some online location. I could stick it on an FTP or rsync server, and have a script (or maybe even write a SpamBayes extension) that downloads it when I begin using SpamBayes and uploads it when I'm done. I could store the DB at work and map a Windows network drive to point at my work machine through my VPN, and configure SpamBayes at home to use the DB on the network drive - but my VPN isn't completely reliable, so that could be a hassle. Or perhaps there are distributed-DB features built into some of the storage options that SpamBayes can use? 3. Carry a little USB drive around with me, and keep the DB on that. (Does the DB get too big for this to be practical?) 4. Super Crazy Ninja Trick?: enhance the SpamBayes IMAP proxy with the ability to maintain a DB in a folder on the IMAP server, download it before beginning filtering, and upload it whenever it is modified. If this seems productive, and the feature doesn't yet exist, I'd be happy to add it if I can find the time. Surely others have run into the same DB-replication question. Is there any conventional wisdom on this yet? I didn't find anything obviously related in the wiki, the FAQ, or the mail archives. I realize the question probably does come down to a simple issue of "how do I share a file between multiple sites?", which isn't particular to SpamBayes, but maybe SpamBayes users are a good crowd to ask such a question of. Any help is much appreciated! Best, Deneb Meketa, San Francisco.

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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 14, 2006

May 14, 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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FW: spam bayes won't work
by Linda Krantz Jan. 8, 2006

Jan. 8, 2006

-----Original Message----- From: Linda Krantz [mailto:isadora@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 3:42 PM To: 'Linda Krantz' Subject: RE: spam bayes won't work I recreated the toolbat as described in your troubleshooting guide-that did not solve the problem. I then tried to remove the file\Documents and Settings\username\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat but it doesn't exist! What can I do now? -----Original Message----- From: Linda Krantz [mailto:isadora@comcast.net] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:44 PM To: 'spambayes(a)python.org' Subject: spam bayes won't work After months of use when I click on Spam Bayes in Outlook 2002, nothing happens. I've tried reinstalling Spam Bayes; I've checked to see if it's disabled (it's not). I've even done a Windows system Restore to last week when Spam Bayes was working well. Nothing has helped. Of possible note: when I uninstalled Spam Bayes before reinstalling it the Spam Bayes Icon remained on Outlook. Linda

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new Kmail feature
by Claude Jones Jan. 7, 2006

Jan. 7, 2006

I've just installed KDE 3.5 rc1 on my Fedora Core box. While going through the settings in Kmail, I activated the antispam wizard. The first thing it does is search for antispam software on the computer. It found Spambayes, and gave me some configuration options, mostly involving where to put detected spam and where to put unsure. Once I'd done that, a couple of icons appeared in the menu bar, one for classify as spam and one for classify as ham. If I tell it to classify some message as spam, the message is immediately removed from the folder and sent to trash. I'm wondering if this has been implemented in conjunction with the Spambayes team - that's one question. The second is more regarding how this works. If any one knows - if I click on the classify as spam icon in the toolbar, does that classification get processed into my spambayes database? -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA

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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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Message filtering problem
by Peter Bonjernoor Jan. 2, 2006

Jan. 2, 2006

Hello, first of all my compliments on your overall very reliable spam filter. The only problem I rather regularly encounter is that not all messages are moved correctly. As you can see in the enclosed logfile, the first message 'Re: bitchy villein' is quite correctly classified as spam, but not moved to the Junk EMail folder. It's not uncommon that out of 150 emails half of that remain in my inbox, even though they are spam. I hope you can fix this! Kind regards and happy holidays, Peter Bonjernoor Zaph Software & Webdesign Wolvenstraat 3 3512 CG Utrecht Tel: +31 (0)6-45598216 EMail: info(a)zaph.nl www.zaph.nl

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Junk E-Mail folder disappeared
by Liz Player Jan. 2, 2006

Jan. 2, 2006

Hi: I don't know exactly what happened, but this morning I notice that the Junk E-mail folder disappeared completely. How can I recover this folder so that I can continue to at least see what's going in there? Please advise. Thanks, Liz Player MBK Associates, LLC Marketing Communications and Meeting Management 350 Broadway, Suite 704 New York, NY 10013 www.mbkny.com P: (212) 625-3311 F: (212) 625-3339 IMPORTANT NOTICE This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. If you have received it by mistake, please let us know by e-mail reply and delete it from your system; you may not copy this message or disclose its contents to anyone. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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