[Spambayes] RE: .db files

[Reed, David]

Much as it distresses me, I have to agree with Bob.

Seems to me the major force in hardware advancement is software gluttoney, however.  :)

But my first OS was the TRS-80 Color DOS and TRS-DOS, so what do I know?  <GRIN>

David

-----Original Message-----
From: Coe, Bob [mailto:rcoe at CambridgeMA.GOV]
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 7:34 AM
To: spambayes at python.org
Subject: [Spambayes] RE: .db files


I hate to rain on your parade, but most people aren't going to care. Modern computers relegate size and speed to secondary considerations, at least in the context we're talking about here. To us, reliability and compatibility are an order of magnitude more important, and specialized development efforts like the one you're proposing go against that grain.

Right now, Spambayes is suffering from too many bugs and too few people to solve them. If you contribute a new piece of optimized code, people may appreciate its efficiency, but it's unlikely that anyone will help you maintain it.

Bob

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cweisbrod at cogeco.ca [mailto:cweisbrod at cogeco.ca]
> Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2003 4:01 PM
> To: spambayes at python.org
> Subject: [Spambayes] .db files
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I've recently started using SpamBayes and have had great 
> success in finally
> avoiding unsolicited email. The only problem I have with 
> SpamBayes is the
> significant overhead required to get the code running. Installing the
> Python binaries first and then having a process that consumes 
> 10-15 Mb of
> runtime memory is less than optimal.
> 
> I am a software engineer with 9+ years of experience and I 
> fully understand
> the need for a project like this to be written in a 
> platform-independant
> manner. However, I would really like to write a scaled-down 
> version of this
> for the Windows platform. I'm quite certain that I can write a
> self-installing/uninstalling service that implements a POP/SMTP proxy,
> performs the statistical processing, and exposes user interfaces for
> training and configuring. I have a mathematics and physics 
> degree, so the
> statistics stuff shouldn't be too difficult to implement. The entire
> implementation would be contained in a single executable file 
> much less
> than 1 Mb in size (I don't use MFC). Of course this 
> executable would have
> to create its' own config files, spambayes.messageinfo.db, 
> hammie.db, etc.
> That's where I need some information.
> 
> The best implementation would make use of existing 
> spambayes.messageinfo.db
> and hammie.db files so that any existing training is not 
> lost. However, I
> need to know how these files are organized. Short of studying 
> the Python
> source for answers, is there any specific documentation on 
> the organization
> of these files? If not, would somebody involved with this project be
> willing to provide me with this information?
> 
> If I can get this type of information, I would be happy to 
> make my upcoming
> development efforts available to the SpamBayes project. I suspect many
> people would really appreciate the option I'm suggesting.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Clint Weisbrod.
> 
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