Mailman 3 April 2009 - SpamBayes

Command line .eml processing
by digital tuning, inc. April 13, 2009

April 13, 2009

I have been scouring the docs and all I can find is some brief message posts about my question.. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it would appear that sb_filter can not process .eml files by passing the eml filename via the command line, correct? From the docs it would seem it only handles MBOX format. I got it to work if I paste the contents of the eml file via stdin. But when I pass the filename of the email, nothing happens. Is there any way to make sb_filter process eml files? Or am I doing something wrong? It seem if it can process the contents of an eml file, it should be able to open the file and read it itself.... Being able to do so would greatly simplify the integration I'm trying to do with hMailServer. Thanks, Mike Montalvo

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Mail.com
by Lee Doan April 11, 2009

April 11, 2009

Will SpamBayes work with Mail.com?

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Reconfiguring
by Diane Plotkin April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009

I keep getting a message that I should go through Spam Bayes Manager to reconfigure Spam Bayes. I've done so several times but I keep getting the message. What do I do now? Diane Plotkin

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Re: [Spambayes] Marking message flagged as spam as non spam
by skip＠pobox.com April 7, 2009

April 7, 2009

Keith> Essentially whats happened is that a user put one of his Keith> whitelisted ( I know that Spam Bayes doesn't recognise Keith> white/black lists, its just the easiest way of describing Keith> it)senders into the Junk mail folder by mistake. From that point Keith> on no matter what I've done I cannot make that particular sender Keith> be seen as non spam, apart from re-training from scratch. I've Keith> put all this senders mails into one of the 'ham' folders , and Keith> still its marked as spam, that is what I mean by having no Keith> effect. So essentially its seems that by just merely arranging Keith> mail into the appropriate folders isn't enough, I have to Keith> re-train Spam Bayes for it to take effect. With regards to your Keith> other questions... Keith> Is it possible you have more than one mistake in your spam Keith> folder? -Definitely not, ALL mails from the sender were moved Keith> into the ham folders. Keith> How many hams and spams have you trained on? Keith> -Quite a few , around 350 spam mails, hams around 4500. This is way out-of-balance. Typically SpamBayes works best with roughly equal numbers of ham and spam. Can you post the clues SpamBayes generated for one of these misclassified emails? If you are 100% confident that all messages from the sender have been trained as ham, there must be other spammy clues in the messages which are causing it to be classified as spam. Also, it looks like you are posting via Thunderbird. Are you using the pop3 proxy? Is your colleague using that or perhaps the Outlook plugin? I don't have access to those GUI tools here at work but I believe both allow you to retrain from scratch using your current collection of ham and spam. -- Skip Montanaro - skip(a)pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ "XML sucks, dictionaries rock" - Dave Beazley

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Re: [Spambayes] Marking message flagged as spam as non spam
by skip＠pobox.com April 6, 2009

April 6, 2009

(please include spambayes(a)python.org in your replies so others can contribute) Keith> yes you can but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have any Keith> effect. The only way I can see that works is retraining spam Keith> bayes from scratch, which is bit like using a sledgehammer to Keith> crack open an egg How can you tell that it has no effect? Is it possible you have more than one mistake in your spam folder? How many hams and spams have you trained on? Getting SpamBayes to fairly accurately distinguish ham from spam generally only requires training on a few messages of each type, so while it might seem to you like you're using a sledgehammer, it's a relatively lightweight operation. -- Skip Montanaro - skip(a)pobox.com - http://www.smontanaro.net/ "XML sucks, dictionaries rock" - Dave Beazley

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Marking message flagged as spam as non spam
by Keith Commins April 6, 2009

April 6, 2009

Hi there , Quick one , just wondering is there a quick way of marking a sender who was been mistakenly marked as a spam as non-spam ?? I so far can't see any way of doing this apart from re-training spam bayes from scratch. Is there another easier way?? Thanks for your time.. Regards, Keith

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Assistance required please
by mross＠imageidentity.com.au April 6, 2009

April 6, 2009

Hi, I've read through the trouble shooting guide. What I'm trying to do is find the actual file that holds all the email addresses in spambayes, so that I can copy them and add them to my spam filter on the host account. That way they can be stopped before getting to my inbox (I think!). Is there such a thing? Thanks in advance. Regards Madalen Ross

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SpamBayes
by Suzane Smith April 2, 2009

April 2, 2009

Hi, We just posted an article, “*100 Best Web Tools and Tips to Organize Your Inbox**” *( http://radiologytechnicianschools.net/100-best-web-tools-and-tips-to-organi…). I thought I'd bring it to your attention in case you think your readers would find it interesting. *I am happy to let you know that your site has been included** **in this list.* Either way, thanks for your time! Suzane Smith

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I had to uninstall and reinstall MS Office and in the process, Spambayes no longer appears in Outlook
by Jean Larsen April 1, 2009

April 1, 2009

I can't find it. Please advise. Text Box: Take care, Jean jmlarsen(a)bellsouth.net Jean M. Larsen 1111 SE Westchester Drive Port Saint Lucie FL 34952 Home: (772) 335-2974 Cell: (772) 812-9555

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