Mailman 3 April 2008 - SpamBayes

folllow up
by cathy＠dynamiclearningsolutions.net April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

I currently am using Windows XP! Hello, My name is Cathy Pease and I have downloaded SpamBytes 1.0.4 I am having difficulty getting it to work,however. I have Outlook Express 6 and I have tried to access a log file, but have been unsuccessful. Any other thoughts? Thanks, Cathy Pease

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Debian upgrade woes
by Dale Schroeder April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

After running updates for Debian Lenny Saturday morning, I can no longer start spambayes. The version is now 1.0.4-4, up from 1.0.4-3. I have sent the error messages to the package maintainer, but have not heard back yet. Traceback (most recent call last): File "./sb_server.py", line 104, in ? import spambayes.message File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spambayes/message.py", line 211, in ? msginfoDB = MessageInfoDB(message_info_db_name) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spambayes/message.py", line 176, in __init__ self.load() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spambayes/message.py", line 180, in load self.dbm = dbmstorage.open(self.db_name, self.mode) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spambayes/dbmstorage.py", line 65, in open return f(db_name, mode) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/spambayes/dbmstorage.py", line 20, in open_dbhash return bsddb.hashopen(*args) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/bsddb/__init__.py", line 298, in hashopen d.open(file, db.DB_HASH, flags, mode) bsddb.db.DBInvalidArgError: (22, 'Invalid argument -- /var/spambayes/spambayes.messageinfo.db: unsupported hash version: 9') Exception exceptions.AttributeError: "'MessageInfoDB' object has no attribute 'db'" in <bound method MessageInfoDB.__del__ of <spambayes.message.MessageInfoDB object at 0xb7cd318c>> ignored Any ideas? Dale

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interesting paper: _Exploiting Machine Learning to Subvert Your Spam Filter_ (fwd)
by jm＠jmason.org April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Hi folks -- in case you haven't yet seen this: 'This paper shows how an adversary can exploit statistical machine learning, as used in the SpamBayes spam filter, to render it useless--even if the adversary's access is limited to only 1% of the training messages. We further demonstrate a new class of focused attacks that successfully prevent victims from receiving specific email messages. Finally, we introduce two new types of defenses against these attacks.' http://www.usenix.org/event/leet08/tech/full_papers/nelson/nelson_html/ Basically, measuring the effects of loading spams with huge dictionaries in order to increase false positive frequencies, once the mail has been trained on. Would be interested to hear what people think -- personally: - 1. this is very similar to http://www.cs.dal.ca/research/techreports/2004/CS-2004-06.shtml , and I haven't seen spammers using those attacks in the intervening 4 years. - 2. I wonder how big the messages have to be, in order to affect training in a relatively small number of messages. Maybe limiting the number of tokens trained on per message, might help. It might be worthwhile implementing the described "RONI" scheme to avoid the less targeted form of the issue anyway. --j.

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Instaleren Spamfilter [dutch]
by John Keus April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Hoe instaleer ik SpamBayes zichtbaar in Outlook? Groetjes John. [Dutch].

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Spam Clues ????? ??????
by David April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

Am getting loads of spam with cyrillic characters and would like to know if Spambayes can automatically delete anything with these characters in their headers. Below is score info for typical one. If you need it, could send you the config file if you can tell me where to find it. Kindest regards David Kanareck Combined Score: 57% (0.567348) Internal ham score (*H*): 0.285187 Internal spam score (*S*): 0.419882 # ham trained on: 39 # spam trained on: 76 32 Significant Tokens token spamprob #ham #spam '_____' 0.0652174 3 0 '15/04/2008' 0.155172 1 0 '18:10' 0.155172 1 0 '7.5.524' 0.155172 1 0 'skip:" 10' 0.155172 1 0 'message.' 0.310872 15 13 'date:' 0.325631 14 13 'checked' 0.341867 13 13 'database:' 0.341867 13 13 'incoming' 0.341867 13 13 'version:' 0.341867 13 13 'skip:? 10' 0.350354 3 3 '???' 0.355398 2 2 '??????' 0.355398 2 2 'virus' 0.35698 14 15 'release' 0.358294 13 14 'avg.' 0.359817 12 13 'skip:2 10' 0.359817 12 13 'skip:? 20' 0.368678 1 1 'header:Return-path:1' 0.382964 34 41 'found' 0.385564 14 17 'x-mailer:microsoft outlook express 6.00.2900.3138' 0.690039 2 9 'to:no real name:2**0' 0.750084 10 59 '?????' 0.844828 0 1 '????????,' 0.844828 0 1 'header:Received:1' 0.893006 1 18 '???????' 0.908163 0 2 '???????,' 0.908163 0 2 '?????????' 0.908163 0 2 '???????????' 0.908163 0 2 'from:charset:koi8-r' 0.908163 0 2 'subjectcharset:koi8-r' 0.908163 0 2 Message Stream Return-path: <webmaster(a)bc-express.net> Received: from 213245169042.chello.fr ([213.245.169.42]) by bastion05.mail.zen.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from <webmaster(a)bc-express.net>) id 1Jm9Zb-0000Wd-45 for david.kanareck(a)zen.co.uk; Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:29:30 +0000 Message-ID: <000501c89fd6$07c07fcc$de4889b8@qhhdum> From: =?koi8-r?B?98zBxMnNydI=?= <webmaster(a)bc-express.net> To: <david.kanareck(a)zen.co.uk> Subject: =?koi8-r?B?79TMyd7OwdEgz9TXxdTOwdEg0sXBy8PJ0Q==?= Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:42:00 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0002_01C89FD6.07BC9141" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-ZenAWL-Match: false X-Zen-Test-Spam-Score: 0 X-Zen-Test-Spam-Bar: (/) X-Originating-Bastion05-IP: [213.245.169.42] X-Zen-Parent: david.kanareck(a)zen.co.uk X-Envelope-From: webmaster(a)bc-express.net X-Envelope-To: david.kanareck(a)zen.co.uk X-Apparently-To: david.kanareck(a)zen.co.uk X-Zen-Loop2: 121ab57a64d6be23e61975df9f5e08b4 X-Zen-Loop: ef8ff2940e7f30e96461c666fc9bf052 X-Zen-Stored: julia.zen.co.uk/1Jm9Zi-0007qh-98/2008-04-16 15:29:30 Ë Ó × Ø À ß Ð Å Ê Ë À Ì À _____ 8 (985) 195 44 53 _____ Áèçíåñ-MOCKBA - I,59 ìëí.àäð 1 ðàç - 30ÎO ð. 2 ðàçà - ×000 ð. Ç ðàçà - 5Î0O ð. _____ ÌÎÑÊÂÀ þp. è ôèçëèöa - ×,63 ìëí. 1 ðàç - ×0ÎO ð. 2 ðàçà - 55OO ð. Ç ðàçà - 7ÎÎO ð. _____ ÌÎÑÊÂÀ + ÐÎÑÑÈß þpëèöa - 3,95 ìëí. I ðàç - 4Î0Î ð. 2 ðàçà - 55O0 ð. Ç ðàçà - 700O ð. _____ ÌÎÑÊÂÀ è ÐÎÑÑÈß þp.+ ôèçëèöa - I2 ìëí. ïî òðåáîâàíèþ* èç ëþáûõ áàç íà âûáîð 1 ðàç - 80OO ð. 2 ðàçà - 12500 ð. 3 ðàçà - 15OOO ð. _____ *âñåãî ïî Ðîññèè 29 ìëí.àäðåñîâ - - - - - - - - - â ñòîèìîñòü âêëþ÷åíî: âñå ñîïóòñòâóþùèå ðàáîòû - - - - - - - - - ïîñòîÿííî îáíîâëÿåìûå áàçû, ëó÷øèé íà ñåãîäíÿ ïðîãðàììíî-àïïàðàòíûé êîìïëåêñ, "ïðîáèâàþùèé" ôèëüòðû, ëþáûå ôîðìû îïëàòû No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1379 - Release Date: 15/04/2008 18:10 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=koi8-r"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <CENTER> <TABLE bgcolor="#FFFF00" border="2" width="550" bordercolor="#CC9900"> <TR> <TD><CENTER> <TABLE bgcolor="#FF6600" cellpadding="7"> <TR> <TD bgcolor="#FF0000">   ì õ þ û á ñ   ò å ë ì á í á  </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR COLOR="#FFFFFF"> 8 (985) 195 44 53 <HR COLOR="#FFFFFF"><CENTER> âÉÚÎÅÓ-MOCKBA - I,59 ÍÌÎ.ÁÄÒ 1 ÒÁÚ - 30ïO Ò.       2 ÒÁÚÁ - þ000 Ò.       ú ÒÁÚÁ - 5ï0O Ò. <HR COLOR="#FFFFFF"> íïóë÷á Àp. É ÆÉÚÌÉÃa - þ,63 ÍÌÎ. 1 ÒÁÚ - þ0ïO Ò.       2 ÒÁÚÁ - 55OO Ò.       ú ÒÁÚÁ - 7ïïO Ò. <HR COLOR="#FFFFFF"> íïóë÷á + òïóóéñ ÀpÌÉÃa - 3,95 ÍÌÎ. I ÒÁÚ - 4ï0ï Ò.       2 ÒÁÚÁ - 55O0 Ò.       ú ÒÁÚÁ - 700O Ò. <HR COLOR="#FFFFFF"> íïóë÷á É òïóóéñ Àp.+ ÆÉÚÌÉÃa - I2 ÍÌÎ. ÐÏ ÔÒÅÂÏ×ÁÎÉÀ* ÉÚ ÌÀÂÙÈ ÂÁÚ ÎÁ ×ÙÂÏÒ 1 ÒÁÚ - 80OO Ò.       2 ÒÁÚÁ - 12500 Ò.       3 ÒÁÚÁ - 15OOO Ò. <HR COLOR="#FFFFFF"> *×ÓÅÇÏ ÐÏ òÏÓÓÉÉ 29 ÍÌÎ.ÁÄÒÅÓÏ× - - - - - - - - - × ÓÔÏÉÍÏÓÔØ ×ËÌÀÞÅÎÏ: ×ÓÅ ÓÏÐÕÔÓÔ×ÕÀÝÉÅ ÒÁÂÏÔÙ - - - - - - - - - ÐÏÓÔÏÑÎÎÏ ÏÂÎÏ×ÌÑÅÍÙÅ ÂÁÚÙ, ÌÕÞÛÉÊ ÎÁ ÓÅÇÏÄÎÑ ÐÒÏÇÒÁÍÍÎÏ-ÁÐÐÁÒÁÔÎÙÊ ËÏÍÐÌÅËÓ, "ÐÒÏÂÉ×ÁÀÝÉÊ" ÆÉÌØÔÒÙ, ÌÀÂÙÅ ÆÏÒÍÙ ÏÐÌÁÔÙ </TD> </TR> </TABLE></CENTER></BODY></HTML> No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1379 - Release Date: 15/04/2008 18:10 All Message Tokens 83 unique tokens '(985)' '*?????' '12500' '15/04/2008' '15ooo' '18:10' '195' '3,95' '30?o' '4?0?' '55o0' '55oo' '5?0o' '7.5.524' '700o' '7??o' '80oo' '?,63' '?000' '?0?o' '???' '???.' '???.???' '???.???????' '????' '????,' '?????' '??????' '???????' '???????,' '????????,' '????????:' '?????????' '??????????*' '???????????' '??????a' '?p.' '?p.+' '?p???a' '_____' 'avg.' 'cc:none' 'checked' 'content-type:text/plain' 'database:' 'date:' 'found' 'from:addr:bc-express.net' 'from:addr:webmaster' 'from:charset:koi8-r' 'from:name:\xf7\xcc\xc1\xc4\xc9\xcd\xc9\xd2' 'header:Date:1' 'header:From:1' 'header:MIME-Version:1' 'header:Message-ID:1' 'header:Received:1' 'header:Return-path:1' 'header:Subject:1' 'header:To:1' 'i,59' 'incoming' 'message-id:@qhhdum' 'message.' 'release' 'reply-to:none' 'sender:none' 'skip:" 10' 'skip:2 10' 'skip:? 10' 'skip:? 20' 'subject:\xcf\xd4\xd7\xc5\xd4\xce\xc1\xd1' 'subject:\xd2\xc5\xc1\xcb\xc3\xc9\xd1' 'subject:\xef\xd4\xcc\xc9\xde\xce\xc1\xd1' 'subject:\xef\xd4\xcc\xc9\xde\xce\xc1\xd1 \xcf\xd4\xd7\xc5\xd4\xce\xc1\xd1 \xd2\xc5\xc1\xcb\xc3\xc9\xd1' 'subjectcharset:koi8-r' 'this' 'to:2**0' 'to:addr:david.kanareck' 'to:addr:zen.co.uk' 'to:no real name:2**0' 'version:' 'virus' 'x-mailer:microsoft outlook express 6.00.2900.3138' No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1379 - Release Date: 15/04/2008 18:10 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.0/1379 - Release Date: 15/04/2008 18:10

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Hi
by HAMISH MCLEOD April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

I'm getting a number of emails that appear in my Inbox, that I wish to read, but that SPamBayes is marking as Junk and I am unable to find them anywhere. I cannot find the SpamFighter folder to which I directed any mails identified, not can I locate the Suspected Junk folder anywehre through the windows XP search. Help! I've seen emails from friends disappear into oblivion and can't fin them. In most other cases it is a great program and has cleared up my inbox no end... it's just begun to go too far... Regards HJM

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Re: [Spambayes] conflicts?
by Jesse Pelton April 28, 2008

April 28, 2008

The only thing I can suggest is running through the troubleshooting guide and the FAQ (http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/faq.html). Maybe someone else on the list will have other ideas. ________________________________ From: Jeanine Leibowitch [mailto:jeanine.leibowitch@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 4:33 PM To: Jesse Pelton Subject: RE: [Spambayes] conflicts? Hello, Thanks. It worked. However AVG 8 is a big mess. Nothing was working and it screwed many programs. So I uninstalled it, but it doesn't seem to want to be completely uninstalled. Anyway, I tried to re-able Spambayes, I couldn't, so I redownloaded it, reinstalled it. But it doesn't work properly. In my toolbar, I have "recover from Spam", but NOT "delete as Spam" like before. And the button "Spambayes" doesn't work. Would you have any suggestion so it goes back to work? Oh, and I did several "restore", doesn't do any good. Thank you very much Best regards Jeanine Leibowitch -----Original Message----- From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp@PKC.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 11:35 AM To: Jeanine Leibowitch; spambayes(a)python.org Subject: RE: [Spambayes] conflicts? The troubleshooting guide has a section on enabling the plug-in; you should be able to adapt the instructions to disable it instead. See http://spambayes.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/spambayes/trunk/s pambayes/Outlook2000/docs/troubleshooting.html#Addin_doesnt_load. ________________________________ From: spambayes-bounces(a)python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Jeanine Leibowitch Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:14 PM To: spambayes(a)python.org Subject: [Spambayes] conflicts? Hi, I have been using Spambayes in Outlook for years, and very happy. I am used to it, I trained it well, and it obeyes :) As security, among other programs, I had AVG 7.5. Now there is a new version AVG 8.0, I registered for a free trial. It seems a bit complicated. I emailed them, they advise me to uninstall SB. Is there a way to temporarily disable it? Can it create a conflict as they say and I wouldn't be protected at all? I am not sure I will pay for their service after the free month. Thank you very much for your help Best regards Jeanine Leibowitch No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1398 - Release Date: 4/25/2008 2:31 PM

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April 27, 2008

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argh... spambayes not starting...
by Michael April 25, 2008

April 25, 2008

I installed Spambayes to work as an external filter for outlook express.... And it won't start.... I'm not sure what is going on. But i can't go to localhost:8800. I have used spambayes in the past with outlook, but not with outlook express so i am really behind the curve here... thanks! Michael

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Re: [Spambayes] Help with outlook express
by OConchubhair, Andoni April 25, 2008

April 25, 2008

Hi, Do you have multiple accounts set up in outlook Express? If so you might double-click each of them and disable with the check-box on the first screen you see. Then create one new account which you point at your localhost... etc. Andoni. _____ From: spambayes-bounces(a)python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces@python.org] On Behalf Of Richard Sinden Sent: 24 April 2008 21:12 To: spambayes(a)python.org Subject: [Spambayes] Help with outlook express Looks like a great product, the issue I am having is incoming emails appear twice in my inbox when coming through spambays 1.0.4 Using outlook express 6 windows xp and pop in outlook express is set to localhost while in spambayes configure it is set to actual pop.. what is happening is the email is receieved without flowing through spambayes and also receieved after flowing through spambayes thanks in advance Rich

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