[Spambayes] Unique text = ham?

[Thomas Hruska]

Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
> Thomas Hruska wrote:
>> I need a way to tell SpamBayes to ignore classifying e-mails that 
>> contain a specific sequence of characters even if it would have 
>> classified the e-mail as spam.  How do I go about accomplishing this 
>> task with the POP3 Proxy SpamBayes server?  I can't seem to locate an 
>> option to do this - perhaps I missed it?  This feature is a "stupid" 
>> feature, but will keep the SpamBayes database lean-and-mean and a fair 
>> balance between ham and spam for training.  A 20:1 ham to spam ratio 
>> instead of 1000:1.  I can't have it classifying these critical e-mails 
>> at all.  I want them all even if they ARE spam.
> 
> I think, if you know the mathematical theory behind spambayes, if it is 
> a unique sequence of characters, and that unique sequence of characters 
> will never appear in spam, it's just the law of large numbers that applies.
> So, if you keep on telling that this specific kind of email is ham, 
> after just a few mails sb will learn. Stupid large numbers always beat 
> smart and stupid features.
> 
> But I don't know how the pop3 proxy implementation works.
> At work I use the Oulook plugin, and at home I use the procmail filter. 
> (I mainly use Linux and try to avoid Windows if I can)
> 

Except I want ANY message that uses the sequence of characters, 
_INCLUDING_ spam.  The unique sequence of characters _WILL_ appear in 
spam, but I still want those messages anyway.  I can't have even the 
_slightest_ possibility that SpamBayes will flag those messages as spam.

I realize that wanting spam with an anti-spam tool seems 
counter-intuitive, but I have my reasons for needing this.

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