Mailman 3 August 2006 - SpamBayes

maildir.py
by Mark Bullen Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

Hi! I'm trying to download maildir.py from http://woozle.org/~neale/src/python/ but it seems the site is no longer online. Will it be possible to send me a copy? Thanks!

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Re: [Spambayes] SpamBayes 1.0.4 on Windows 2003 Server SP1
by Coe, Bob Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

> From: skip(a)pobox.com [mailto:skip@pobox.com] > Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:21 PM > To: Philippe Ferreira > Cc: Coe, Bob; spambayes(a)python.org > Subject: Re: [Spambayes] SpamBayes 1.0.4 on Windows 2003 Server SP1 > > > >> Make sure you have DEP turned off. In Dell systems > it's in the BIOS, > >> but YMMV. > > Philippe> Good news ! The problem was the DEP setting > under Windows. > > Philippe> It was activated for all the programs. I just > had to set the > Philippe> default (windows components only), and > SpamBayes was up after > Philippe> a reboot ! > > Is this something that belongs in the FAQ? I'd say yes. Lots of people (including me) have found it to cause crashes in Spambayes ever since manufacturers started including the setting and Microsoft started using it. What I was told is that the underlying problem is in Python, not in Spambayes itself. > I (thankfully, I think) don't even know what a DEP is or > why it would be in my BIOS (which I also pretty much ignore). Well, now that they're starting to sneak in "features" like DEP and hyperthreading, it's getting more dangerous to ignore the BIOS. > Skip >

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Re: [Spambayes] Problems moving spam into Junk mail folder
by Shelby Smith Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

There is no resolution in this tracker... ________________________________ From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp@PKC.com] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 7:46 AM To: Shelby Smith; spambayes(a)python.org Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Problems moving spam into Junk mail folder There's a tracker for this. Please see http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=899839&group_id =61702&atid=498103. ________________________________ From: spambayes-bounces(a)python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Shelby Smith Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 2:01 PM To: spambayes(a)python.org Subject: [Spambayes] Problems moving spam into Junk mail folder Hi There, I'm having a problem with Spambayes in Outlook when I go to classify something as spam. I will click on the item, select "delete as spam," and the program acts like it's working correctly (takes a couple of seconds to "think") and then stops. It doesn't move the item. Then, when I click on the item again and select "delete as spam" it gives me a message saying "No filterable mail items are selected." After the second click, it moves it to the junk mail folder. This only started happening after I had uninstalled and then reinstalled the program. I had uninstalled it b/c it was causing my Outlook to go really slow. Now it is not slow anymore, but it does have the strange problem I've described above. Here's the info on my computer: Windows XP Pro Spambayes 1.0.4 Log files attached Please let me know if there is a way to fix this. Thanks, Shelby Smith

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Re: [Spambayes] Problems moving spam into Junk mail folder
by Shelby Smith Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

I'm on an exchange server... -----Original Message----- From: Tony Meyer [mailto:tameyer@ihug.co.nz] Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 3:35 AM To: Shelby Smith Cc: spambayes(a)python.org Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Problems moving spam into Junk mail folder > I will click on the item, select "delete as spam," and the program > acts like it's working correctly (takes a couple of seconds to > "think") and then stops. It doesn't move the item. Then, when I > click on the item again and select "delete as spam" it gives me a > message saying "No filterable mail items are selected." After the > second click, it moves it to the junk mail folder. [...] > Log files attached The logs seem to indicate that Outlook is unable to find the message for SpamBayes. Have you tried running the Inbox Repair Tool (scanpst) over the pst files? =Tony.Meyer -- Please always include the list (spambayes at python.org) in your replies (reply-all), and please don't send me personal mail about SpamBayes. http://www.massey.ac.nz/~tameyer/writing/reply_all.html explains this.

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"Delete as Spam" not working on HTTP Email Accounts
by Scalemaster34 Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

I'm using the Outlook Addin version 1.1a2 of SpamBayes with Outlook 2003. The "SPAM" or "Delete as Spam" button does not seem to do anything when I'm viewing messages in any of my HTTP Email accounts (HOTMAIL.COM or MSN.COM) folders. SpamBayes is filtering these folders, but I can't manually delete any missed messages as spam. The "SPAM" button does work with any messages in my regular POP/SMTP account folders. I have tried resetting or deleting the toolbar and allowing it to reinstall, with no luck. And the "Delete as Spam" button worked on the HTTP Account Folders when I had the older version (SpamBayes 1.0.4) installed. Attached is my log file. Keith -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.6/427 - Release Date: 8/24/2006

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Problems moving spam into Junk mail folder
by Shelby Smith Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

Hi There, I'm having a problem with Spambayes in Outlook when I go to classify something as spam. I will click on the item, select "delete as spam," and the program acts like it's working correctly (takes a couple of seconds to "think") and then stops. It doesn't move the item. Then, when I click on the item again and select "delete as spam" it gives me a message saying "No filterable mail items are selected." After the second click, it moves it to the junk mail folder. This only started happening after I had uninstalled and then reinstalled the program. I had uninstalled it b/c it was causing my Outlook to go really slow. Now it is not slow anymore, but it does have the strange problem I've described above. Here's the info on my computer: Windows XP Pro Spambayes 1.0.4 Log files attached Please let me know if there is a way to fix this. Thanks, Shelby Smith

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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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RE: SpamBayes 1.0.4 on Windows 2003 Server SP1
by phil.f＠worldonline.fr Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

> Make sure you have DEP turned off. In Dell systems it's in the BIOS, but > YMMV. > > Bob Hi Bob, Do you mean the "Data Execution Prevention" setting under Windows 2003 (System / Performances / ...) ? Or, really in the server BIOS ? Tanks a lot ! Philippe Ferreira. --------------------- ALICE SECURITE ENFANTS --------------------- Protégez vos enfants des dangers d'Internet en installant Sécurité Enfants, le contrôle parental d'Alice. http://www.aliceadsl.fr/securitepc/default_copa.asp

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Spam bayes in French ?
by CORMERY Alain PP-DOSTL SDSIC DEXP Aug. 25, 2006

Aug. 25, 2006

Bonjour, Toujours la même question, une version Française est elle prévue. Merci pour la réponse Hello, Always the same question, a French version she(it) is foreseen. Thank you for the answer

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