Mailman 3 October 2006 - 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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Unwanted stock solicitations
by Kasper Vibe Grevsen Nov. 5, 2006

Nov. 5, 2006

Hi friends, as posted elsewhere there is a NetPbm port for Windows. I think it would be beneficial for Windows users if it was possible to use that with SpamBayes instead of having to setup PIL/Python. I am trying to make ocrad run in combination with SpamBayes for Windows as well. First: The ocrad.exe in the download section is according to the version info really v. 0.14 and is exactly the same as the one in the windows installer package (and not v. 0.15 as tagged in the download area!). Secondly: Yes, the program runs from CMD and it actually produces very nice output, but the pnm-file you link to are apparently invalid. Third: You seem to have the scale parameter format wrong, that's why the output is so bad. Ok, here is how to test it: -Download IrfanView from http://www.irfanview.com/download_sites.htm -Download and open the pnm file from the link -Select Edit -> Copy then Edit -> Paste in the menu (to create a new, non-corrupted image) -Save as PGM (What I did, but other P*M formats should work too) -Now execute ocrad Here are two test runs. First one with incorrect parameter format as in your example. Second with correct scaling parameter: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >ocrad -4 Clipboard01.pgm ___AllE_llO_ ALL DA_ IRADER_ A_D |__E_IOR____ _omO_n_ __m_ _O_TWW__T_R__ W_Dl_AL. lh_ __o_k __mbol _wnw Wond__ _lo__ o 11 _ol_m_ _.TSl.TO_ _h_nO_ _P o o__ (_T TB_/_) w__k__ __o ___.ooo.ooo 00 (AOO_o_) _WWM p_ R___A___ BR_A_IWC w_w_ | _o__hw______ M_dl_ol _ol__lo__ |__ _PIWW_W__T_ _WWM_ |_ Ol_o__d _o o__o____ _ho_ |_ ho_ ______d |__o _h_ _o_mol __oO__ o_ __Oo_lo_lo__ __Oo_dl_O Po_|_|_ Rlm _o_lo__ dl___lb__lo_ _o_ |__ O_oO_|__o__ _obO_o_d_TM_ O_od___ ||__ D__lnO _h_ |___ _ mon_h_. _o__hw______ M_dl_ol ho_ h_ld dl_____lo__ Oo_h___d do_o o_d __Olo__d _h_ O_o_O___|__ ||____|_o o_ |__ _obO_o_d_TMl dloO_o__|_ _____m _o b_ _old _h_o_Oh |_____o_lo_oll_ bo__d dl___lb__lo_ _omOo_|__ |__o Po_|_|_ Rlm o__o_ Th_ |_|_lol |_______ ho_ b___ ___ _h_ _ol_ o_ _h_ O_od___ _o_ Oo____m___ _mOlo___ ____|_O O_oO_om_ ___h o_ Ooll__ _o____ lo_ol o_d __o__ |___| wo____ o_d ol_o |__|_d__ hlOh__ |___| wo_Wo____ R_o_o__ _|__d _o_ _h_ |_______ o_ _h_ _obO_o_d_TM_ O_od___ ho__ b___ _h_ __ho___d _o__ o_ ___ o_ _h_ O_od___ o_d lmm_dlo__ o_ _|__ _o__|_mo_lo_ o_ w_ll o_ |____o__d __lloblll__ o_ _h_ ____|__ l_w___ _k__oRIr_ h_w_ '_Ir_ _ow WOl_L) ADD lwl_ _EW lo _O_R RADAR A_D WAl_W IRADE o_ WO_DA_| DO_.| E_E_ BLl__| _w_w DOE__.| _LEEpl RPmo_al _ Dl__lalmP_ _ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ocrad -s4 Clipboard01.pgm ?wwATTENTION ALL DAy.TRADERS AND INVESTORSwww . . . Company Name: 3auTww5_T5RPd M_ar__L, Ýh'_L Stock Symbol: 3w__q Monday Close: 0.11 Volume: 5,761,702 Change: uP 0.025 (27.78░_o) Market Cap: $33,000,000.00 (Approx) SWNM,PK RELEASES BREAKING NEWS ! . Sou_hwes_ern Medical Solu_ions, Inc, (PINKSHEETS_ SWNM), is pleased _o announce _ha_ i_ has en_e?ed in_o _he formal s_aes of nego_ia_ions regarding Pacific Rim na_ions dis_ribu_ion for i_s proprie_ary Labguard(TM) produc_ line, . . DurÝng _he las_ s mon_hs, Sou_hwes_ern Medical has held discussions, ga_hered da_a, and explored _he prospec_ive licensing of i_s Labguard(TM) diagnos_ic sys_em, _o be sold _hrough in_erna_ionally based dis_ribu_ion companies in_o Pacific Rim a_eas, The ini_ial in_eres_ has been fur _he sale of _he produc_ for governmen_ employee _es_ing programs such as police forces, local and s_a_e level workers, and also includes higher-level wor_orces, Reasons ci_ed for _he in_eres_ of _he Labguard(TM) produc_ have been _he enhanced ease of use of _he produc_ and immedia_e on-si_e confirma_ion as well as increased reliabili_y of _he resul_s, . . __W__K _A__aRIr_ __w_ _Ir_ _aw Ma___3 -- ADD THIS GEM TO YOUR RADAR AND WATCH TRADE ON MONDAY! -- DON'T EVEN BLINK! -- SWNM DOESN'T SLEEP! . . Removal_ _ Disclaimer_ _ -- Best regards Vibe

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Spam in Images
by Alan Arndt Nov. 5, 2006

Nov. 5, 2006

Over the past month or more I have noticed a large increase in the amount of spam I receive with the Spam text translated into images. The actual text of the message is benign gibberish designed to pass Bayesian filters. They have even taken the step of inserting random bits into the image so that no two images have the same signature. I've received many multiple messages with the same fundamental image. I haven't thought of a decent way to filter these types of things. I hope someone else can and that it can get implemented into SpamBayes. Until recently I was very please that only a few messages a day (of 20-50) make it through. Does anyone have any good suggestions? I can certainly send plenty of samples if someone needs them Thanks, Alan Arndt alan five eighty two at do it now.com

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BadIMAPResponseError: "Cannot find saved message"
by Matt Stegman Nov. 1, 2006

Nov. 1, 2006

Hello, I've just started using Spambayes 1.1a2, and I'm quite happy with it (I had been using the Outlook plugin until now). However, I'm seeing an intermittent problem with sb_imapfilter.py. It will routinely crash while talking to the IMAP server, and always with the same error message: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/sb_imapfilter.py", line 1284, in ? run() File "/usr/bin/sb_imapfilter.py", line 1266, in run imap_filter.Filter() File "/usr/bin/sb_imapfilter.py", line 1067, in Filter self.unsure_folder, self.ham_folder) File "/usr/bin/sb_imapfilter.py", line 970, in Filter msg.Save() File "/usr/bin/sb_imapfilter.py", line 723, in Save raise BadIMAPResponseError("recent", "Cannot find saved message") __main__.BadIMAPResponseError: The command 'recent' failed to give an OK response. Cannot find saved message Usually it'll run OK for a day or two, but sometimes for just a few hours before crashing. If I don't notice for a while and messages pile up in the inbox without being classified, Spambayes will sometimes crash before classifying a dozen or less messages, when I start it again. I've tried training several times, and have never seen this error; it's only appeared when classifying. Also, the server runs Courier IMAP, but I don't know the version. I'm using IMAP over SSL, on port 993. I found that I'm not the first person to see this error message: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/spambayes-dev/2004-November/003232.html I ran imapfilter with -i4 as suggested there, and saw the following just before the crash. The pattern repeats what looks like 100 times - I see a loop in the code at line 717, I guess this loop fails against my IMAP server sometimes. 06:50.02 untagged responses dump: MYRIGHTS: ""acdilrsw"" EXISTS: "31" "33" "34" "35" PERMANENTFLAGS: "(\* \Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen)" READ-WRITE: "" FLAGS: "(\Draft \Answered \Flagged \Deleted \Seen \Recent)" APPENDUID: "1063604858 55181" "1063604858 55182" "1063604858 55183" "1063604858 55184" "1077921887 9359" UIDVALIDITY: "1063604858" 06:50.02 > GFNI156 NOOP 06:50.03 < GFNI156 OK NOOP completed Now, this run was after a few messages had piled up since the last time Spambayes had crashed. Here's what looks like happened: messages 1-19 in the INBOX were previously classified. New messages were 20-31. Spambayes classified messages 20-24, the first four were ham and the last was spam. The messages were written out OK; 32-35 are copies of the ham with added headers, and the spam ended up in the spam folder. So if I'm reading the output right, Spambayes was looking for messages 31, 33, 34, and 35. That looks odd - if 32-35 were just written out, why is Spambayes querying message 31 and not 32? The full output is attached; hopefully it can help. -- Thanks for any help, Matt Stegman

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asking to delete a message
by Gioseffi Dino Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

Hi there, could you ask you to delete this message? I receive a lot of spam and this message is the first when you ask dino gioseffi via google search Thank you

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Re: [Spambayes] asking to delete a message
by Amedee Van Gasse Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

Op maandag 30-10-2006 om 20:05 uur [tijdzone +0100], schreef Gioseffi Dino: > Hi there, > thank you for your answer. > What I am asking is to delete at least the part of the aswer where is reported my address and my ph. and mob. numbers. > To be honest when I sent that mail I did not know that it may be archived, downloaded, or otherwise copied by anyone... > I supposed to ask to a restrict number of people in charge to do it. > Those are my bussiness details and it is very deplorable showing to everyone...that is not fear... > Please help me. > > Dino Gioseffi Dino, Can you accept it if the answer is "no, this cannot be done"? Please read again what Jesse Pelton wrote. This is Pandora's Box: once you open it, you set a lot of things free. And contrary to ancient mythology, this box cannot be closed. The description of the mailing list on http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes is very, very clear: "Please note that this is a public mailing list: all messages sent to this list are visible to the public, and are publicly archived." By subscribing to the mailing list and sending messages, you explicitly agreed with the "rules". I realise this might seem harsh and I apologize, but you only have yourself to blame. You should *always* be very, very, very, *VERY* careful with your personal information. I know this from personal experience because when I go "egosurfing" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egosurfing) I get 25300 results, some of which go back to 1995, when I had my first dialup internet connection at uni. And I'm a nobody, compared to someone like Jesse Pelton, who has 130.000 hits: http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Amedee+Van +Gasse&word2=Jesse+Pelton -- Amedee PS: Please always reply to the list.

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For question / Spambayes for Outlook Express
by Stephan Milis Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

Is this the procedure to follow for making spambayes running on Outlook Express ? Thk you Stephan Milis Installing the Outlook Client From Source If the Outlook binary doesn't work for you, you can install from source. To do this, you will need three pieces of software: 1. The Python installer, available from the <http://www.python.org/download/> download page of the Python website. You should choose the latest stable release (that is, the latest release with no letters in its version). 2. Mark Hammond's <http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/win32/Downloads.html> pywin32 extensions. Choose the version which corresponds to the version of Python you downloaded. 3. The SpamBayes source, either as a <http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=61702> zip file or <http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=61702> via CVS. The zip file will probably be easier to handle, but there may be improvements to the code which make the CVS version a viable option (though you will have to have a CVS client for Windows installed). Once you have all three bits downloaded, run the Python installer then the pywin32 installer. Finally, double-click the addin.py script in the Outlook2000 folder of the SpamBayes distribution and you should be good to go. See the README.txt file in the Outlook2000 directory for more details

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Re: [Spambayes] (no subject)
by skip＠pobox.com Oct. 31, 2006

Oct. 31, 2006

Jan> The local host is Jan> http://localhost:8880/config Jan> There is no space in my URL Jan> This are the instruction I followed: Jan> 4.21 How do I set up SpamBayes and Outlook Express? Jan> 1. Download the latest version of SpamBayes from the download page. Jan> 2. Run the installer - you want "sb_server", not the Outlook plug-in. Jan> 3. Open Outlook Express. Jan> 4. From the "Tools" menu, choose "Accounts". Jan> 5. Select your mail account and click "Properties". Jan> 6. Click the "Servers" tab. Jan> 7. Make a note of what you currently have in the "incoming mail server" Jan> entry (the name of your POP3 server). Jan> 8. Change the "incoming mail server" from the name of your POP3 server Jan> to "localhost" (no quotes). Jan> 9. Click "OK". Jan> 10. Click "Close". Jan> 11. Open the SpamBayes configuration page at http://localhost:8880/config Jan> (you can do this via the tray application, or just type that address into Jan> your browser). Jan> 12. Enter your POP3 server's name in the top box ("Remote Servers"). This Jan> is what you wrote down in step 7. Jan> 13. Enter "110" (no quotes) in the second box ("SpamBayes ports"). Jan> 14. Tick the "unsure" and "spam" boxes in the "Notate to" option, about Jan> halfway down the page. Jan> 15. Click the "Save configuration" button at the end of the page. Jan, Give this URL a try: http://localhost:8880/ (that is, without the "config"). Can someone else help out Jan, hopefully someone who uses the POP3 proxy on Windows? I don't use Windows and don't know quite how the POP3 proxy is launched there. Skip Jan> ----- Original Message ----- Jan> From: <skip(a)pobox.com> Jan> To: "Jan Tuerlinckx" <Jant(a)skynet.be> Jan> Cc: <spambayes(a)python.org> Jan> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:46 PM Jan> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] (no subject) Jan> And niow a new problem with http:// localhost:8880/review Jan> The page cannot be displayed Jan> The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The >> Web site Jan> might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to >> adjust your Jan> browser settings. >> >> Jan, >> >> Make sure there is not space in the URL. Also, check the port number. >> I'm >> not sure if it's 8880 by default or 8080. When you start sb_server.py I >> think it tells you where it's listening. You should be able to just copy >> and paste the URL it prints. >> >> Skip

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Re: [Spambayes] (no subject)
by skip＠pobox.com Oct. 30, 2006

Oct. 30, 2006

Jan> And niow a new problem with http:// localhost:8880/review Jan> The page cannot be displayed Jan> The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site Jan> might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your Jan> browser settings. Jan, Make sure there is not space in the URL. Also, check the port number. I'm not sure if it's 8880 by default or 8080. When you start sb_server.py I think it tells you where it's listening. You should be able to just copy and paste the URL it prints. Skip

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