SpamBayes 1.1a4

[skip at pobox.com]

SpamBayes 1.1a4 (the fourth alpha release) is out.  You can download it from
SourceForge: <http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/>.  This is currently a
source only release.  There is as yet no Outlook installer.

What's New in 1.1a4?
====================

Version 1.1a4 introduces a new application, core_server.py.  This
application is tailored to provide spam filtering by non-mail applications
such as Trac, Roundup, MoinMoin or your favorite blogging server.  The
external interface is XML-RPC.  It also implements a plugin architecture so
new protocol adapters can be added easily.

What is SpamBayes?
==================

The SpamBayes project is working on developing a statistical (commonly,
although a little inaccurately, referred to as Bayesian) anti-spam filter,
initially based on the work of Paul Graham. The major difference between
this and other, similar projects is the emphasis on testing newer approaches
to scoring messages. While most anti-spam projects are still working with
the original graham algorithm, we found that a number of alternate methods
yielded a more useful response.

SpamBayes is not a single application. The core code is a message
classifier, however there are several applications available as part of the
SpamBayes project which use the classifier in specific contexts. For the
most part, the current crop of applications all operate on the client side
of things, however, a number of people have experimented with using
SpamBayes on mail servers to classify incoming mail for multiple users.

Contact, Help & Feedback
========================

Please take the new alpha release out for a spin around the block.  Report
any feedback or problems you have with the new functionality to
spambayes-dev at python.org.  To get general help with SpamBayes, send your
questions to spambayes at python.org.

-- 
Skip Montanaro - skip at pobox.com - http://www.webfast.com/~skip/