[Spambayes] Guidance re pickles versus DB for Outlook

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "TS" == Tim Stone <- Four Stones Expressions <tim@fourstonesExpressions.com>> writes:

  TS> Update probabilities is no longer necessary, as WordInfo now
  TS> calculates probabilities on demand.  Simply remove the call... 

The problem I had was with the learn() method, which is documented to
take three arguments but actually only takes two.  It would be really
helpful if there were some developer docs or at least consistent
docstrings.

I changed learn() to only take two arguments, modified by WordIndo
class, and removed the update_probabilities() call and eliminated
tracebacks.

But I also destroyed the spam filtering process.  Every message I've
received since making those changes scored a 1.000.  For example,
here's the scoring detail for your message:

[59102 refs]
Score: 0.99999745451

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Jeremy