Mailman 3 March 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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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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Outlook Add-in vs. COM
by Kevin Kleinfelter May 9, 2006

May 9, 2006

With the Spambayes Outlook plug-in enabled, starting Outlook via COM and shutting down Outlook via COM leaves an outlook.exe process running on my machine. * If I start Outlook via the UI and exit via the UI, the outlook.exe process is gone after about 5 seconds. * If I disable the Spambayes Outlook plugin, and then start Outlook via COM and exit via COM, the outlook.exe process is gone after about 5 seconds. I have disabled all other Outlook plug-ins/add-ins. I have disabled my anti-virus email scanning. I have set my Outlook macro security level to low. None of these helps. The Spambayes log file, with log level 9 looks the same to me either way. I'd sure appreciate any pointers that would let me use both the Spambayes plug-in AND other apps that use OLE automation of Outlook. Outlook 2003 (11.8002.6568) SP2 Windows XP Pro SP2 Outlook configured with multiple POP3 accounts (no Exchange accounts) Spambayes Outlook Addin Binary Version 1.0.4 (March 2005) Here's sample COM code that should not leave an outlook.exe behind but does: ===================================== Set myolapp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set mynamespace = myolapp.GetNameSpace("MAPI") Set myfolder = mynamespace.GetDefaultFolder(6) myfolder.Display Set myfolder = Nothing Set mynamespace = Nothing MsgBox "shutting down" Call myolapp.quit ' (removing this line does not change the behavior) Set myolapp = Nothing MsgBox "done" ================================== Here's the log: ========================================================= System verbosity set to 9 No old pickle file to migrate Dumping loaded configuration: [Experimental] timer_interval: 1000 timer_only_receive_folders: True timer_start_delay: 0 [Filter] enabled: True filter_now: False save_spam_info: True spam_action: Moved spam_folder_id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spam_mark_as_read: False spam_threshold: 90.0 timer_enabled: True timer_interval: 1.0 timer_only_receive_folders: True timer_start_delay: 2.0 unsure_action: Moved unsure_folder_id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unsure_mark_as_read: False unsure_threshold: 15.0 watch_folder_ids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watch_include_sub: False [Filter_Now] action_all: True folder_ids: [] include_sub: False only_unread: False only_unseen: False [General] data_directory: C:\Documents and Settings\kevin\Application Data\SpamBayes delete_as_spam_message_state: None field_score_name: Spam recover_from_spam_message_state: None verbose: 9 [Training] ham_folder_ids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ham_include_sub: False rebuild: True rescore: True spam_folder_ids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spam_include_sub: False train_manual_spam: True train_recovered_spam: True -- end of configuration -- Loaded bayes database from 'C:\Documents and Settings\kevin\Application Data\SpamBayes\default_bayes_database.db' Loaded message database from 'C:\Documents and Settings\kevin\Application Data\SpamBayes\default_message_database.db' Bayes database initialized with 0 spam and 0 good messages Loaded databases in 1.48427ms SpamBayes Outlook Addin Binary Version 1.0.4 (March 2005) starting (with engine SpamBayes Engine Version 0.3 (January 2004)) on Windows 5.1.2600 (Service Pack 2) using Python 2.3.5 (#62, Feb 8 2005, 16:23:02) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] Folder 'Personal Folders/Inbox' already has field 'Spam' SpamBayes: Watching (for filtering) in 'Personal Folders/Inbox' Folder 'Personal Folders/Inbox/bogus2' already has field 'Spam' SpamBayes: Watching (for incremental training) in 'Personal Folders/Inbox/bogus2' Folder 'Personal Folders/Junk Suspects' already has field 'Spam' Processing missed spam in folder 'Inbox' by starting a timer New message timer started - id=31043, delay=2000 OnBeforeFolderSwitch <win32com.client.COMEventClass instance at 0x36642088> OnViewSwitch <win32com.client.COMEventClass instance at 0x36642088> OnFolderSwitch <win32com.client.COMEventClass instance at 0x36642088> OnActivate <win32com.client.COMEventClass instance at 0x36642088> The timer with id=31043 fired The timer with id=31043 was stopped The new message timer found no new items, so is stopping OnClose <win32com.client.COMEventClass instance at 0x36642088> SpamBayes - Disconnecting from Outlook Bayes database is not dirty - not writing SpamBayes has processed zero messages Addin terminating: 2 COM client and 2 COM servers exist. =========================================================

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Outlook plugin problems
by Ron Walters April 11, 2006

April 11, 2006

Dear Sirs, Your product is wonderful. I have a few friends who can't seem to get it to work in outlook 2003. They install the file but it doesn't show in outlook. I have tried your troubleshooting tips but none of them seem to work. They are logged on as power users. If I log on as the administrator it works fine. I have tried installing it when logged on as the administrator but it doesn't work. Do you have any other suggestions? Thanks Ron Walters President Croswell Computers N' Vacuums 71 N. Howard Ave. Croswell, MI 48422 (810) 679-4144 www.croswellcomputers.com

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Q: pop3proxy: configuration: pop3 sessions are counted but no mails
by Raffman April 6, 2006

April 6, 2006

Hello everybody, I've got the following problem: I installed pop3proxy as service on a Windows 2k machine with Exchange. The mails are being received via a POP3-connector for every recipient. When I log into the webconfiguration it tells me this: POP3 proxy running on 110, proxying to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:110. Active POP3 conversations: 0. POP3 conversations this session: 509. Emails classified this session: 0 spam, 0 ham, 0 unsure. Total emails trained: Spam: 1 Ham: 0 More statistics... As far as I understand this, service and proxy-settings are up and working. Problem is I don't get any mails to train my engine. Can somebody help me with this issue? Thanks a lot in advance. Greets, Ralf -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Q%3A-pop3proxy%3A-configuration%3A-pop3-sessions-are-… Sent from the Python - spambayes forum at Nabble.com.

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Re: [Spambayes] Outlook 2003 problem
by Coe, Bob March 31, 2006

March 31, 2006

Yes, several of us have had that experience. DEP definitely breaks Spambayes. Bob -----Original Message----- From: spambayes-bounces(a)python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Gregory De Schepper Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:26 PM To: spambayes(a)python.org Subject: [Spambayes] Outlook 2003 problem Importance: High Dear developpers, I'm Gregory De Schepper, studied ICT, and I've been using your program for more then a year. But I found a possible solution for the problem that Outlook hangs after the initial installation of Spambayes. Outlook is automatically restarted and the plugin is disabled. I enabled the DEP(Data Execution Prevention - My CPU supports it) option in Windows XP so that all programs and windows services are protected against buffer overflows. If some applications don't support the option then I noted with one application that Windows XP automatically relates this to the DEP option and offers automatically to use an exception for this app. But it didn't report anything when the Spambayes plugin was loaded during boot of Outlook what causes Outlook to crash. I searched all day to make Spambayes work in Outlook 2003 because I like your work. There wasn't any documentation available about this specific problem but I'm sure that DEP can cause this as one of the reasons not yet mentioned on the support pages. You can reproduce this behaviour instantly by enabling DEP for all applications in Windows XP and then load Spambayes for the first time. I hope this helps and please keep me informed about your results. Sorry, if this is not the right place to report a bug, but it can help... Regards, Gregory De Schepper

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Great!
by Dill Sharon A Ctr SRS March 31, 2006

March 31, 2006

> Thanks so much for creating this great product. I use the full version > of Outlook and it catches all my spam (usually around 150 a day) and > saves me a ton of time. > > > > Question: I occasionally use an alternate program from home to get my > e-mail, Outlook Web Access. Do you have a spam catcher for this > software? Sharon A. Dill, MCSE SRS Technologies IT Systems Manager 853-1130 784-7828 x103

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