[Spambayes] sharing

[Ryan Malayter]

> From: padgett3 [mailto:padgett3 at swbell.net] 
> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] sharing

 
> I am using the Outlook plugin.   Am I correct that the plugin 
> trains on the
> messages it receives, and the result of the training winds up 
> in SpamBayes
> databases?   If so could I not export my Junk E-Mail folder 
> messages from my
> desktop to my laptop, and then train on my laptop against my desktop
> messages?    Also, is the purpose of keeping the Junk E-Mail messages
> around, to be available to re-train and re-create the 
> SpamBayes databases?

Actually, after initial training, the SpamBayes only trains on its
'mistakes'... Messages that you highlight an click "delete as spam" or
"recover from spam". It also trains when you move a message into your
spam folder by drag-and-drop, or move a message out of your spam folder.

SpamBayes does *not* train on all incoming spam and ham.

You need both spam and ham for training, not just spam.

The simplest option will be for you to have two separately trained
instances of Spambayes on each machine... This will work fairly well,
but if you use one machine a lot more than the other, the effectiveness
of one machine might be less. If you want to avoid this issue, you need
to copy your spam DB files around like I suggested earlier.

As for keeping spam around, you don't need to do that if you regulary
back up your SpamBayes DB files. That way if the SpamBayes DB files get
corrupted, you can restore from backup rather than rebuilding from the
source email messages.

Regards,
	Ryan


> 
> Bob Padgett
> (512) 261-5738
> padgett3 at swbell.net
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:rmalayter at bai.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:06 AM
> To: padgett3; spambayes at python.org
> Subject: RE: [Spambayes] sharing
> 
> If you're using the Outlook plugin, first set up and train on both
> machines independently.
> 
> Then, if you want to use updates, just copy your c:\documents ands
> settings\username\application data\spambayes\*.DB files from 
> the desktop
> machine to the same location on the laptop, overwriting the 
> DB files on
> the laptop. So long as SpamBayes is closed when you do this, it won't
> know the difference, and will use the "updated" DB from your desktop.
> 
> I actually wrote a batch file that synchronizes the DB files on each
> machine, copying the newest DB files to both machines. It 
> then launches
> Outlook, and waits for you to close outlook, then re-syncs 
> the DB files.
> It works well over my VPN connection form home, and does nothing when
> the VPN is down.
> 
> Regards,
>         -Ryan-
> 
>