[Spambayes] Problem

[Jesse Pelton]

Hang on there; is "Spam Suspects" different from "Junk Suspects?" That
is, do you have SpamBayes putting suspected spam in a different folder
from where Outlook/Exchange puts suspected junk? If so, you're quite
right that my initial hypothesis was incorrect. If SpamBayes is just
doing a bad job of filtering your messages, it might be worth retraining
it from scratch.
 
Also, please note that SpamBayes does not filter based on the sender, or
more accurately, the sender is one of many factors that SpamBayes uses
to score messages. If you get messages from someone you trust who sends
you messages that have content similar to messages that you're trained
as spam, you may have to train a lot of messages from that sender before
SpamBayes gets it right.
 
If all else fails, you can set up an Outlook rule to move messages from
senders you trust before SpamBayes processes them. Just move them to a
folder that SpamBayes is not set up to filter.

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From: Douglas B McAdams [mailto:dbmcadams at transportinvestments.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 2:50 PM
To: Jesse Pelton
Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Problem



What I expect to happen is: I click on something in my "Spam Suspects"
I then click on "Recover from Spam"  and thereafter the sender's e-mail
address is not sent to the "Spam Suspect" file, and instead goes
directly to my "Inbox." That is not happening. Instead I am having to
recover time and time again the same sender from "Spam Suspects." 

 

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From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp at PKC.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:12 AM
To: Douglas B McAdams; spambayes at python.org
Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Problem

 

Maybe I'm not understanding the problem. I think you're saying that
you're finding messages in your Junk Suspects folder that you think
SpamBayes should recognize as ham. My point is that if that's the case,
it may not be SpamBayes that's putting the messages there.

 

If that's not what you're trying to get across, maybe the classic
"Here's what I do (in detail), here's what I expect to happen, and
here's what actually happens" narrative would help. Also, please specify
your environment (mail client name and version, SpamBayes version,
operating system name and version).

 

Please "reply to all" so a) you get the benefit of the experience of
everyone on the list, and b) future users can search the archives and
get the benefit of whatever resolution comes of this exchange.

 

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From: Douglas B McAdams [mailto:dbmcadams at transportinvestments.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 11:00 AM
To: Jesse Pelton
Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Problem

I don't think your response addresses my problem. My issue is that when
I pull an item sent by a sender from the "Junk Suspects" and click on
"Recover from Spam" I have be having to do it over and over when I
receive e-mails from the same sender. In essence the Spam filer is not
accepting the training. Thanks

 

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From: Jesse Pelton [mailto:jsp at PKC.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 9:14 AM
To: Douglas B McAdams; spambayes at python.org
Subject: RE: [Spambayes] Problem

 

If you're using Outlook with Exchange and have configured SpamBayes to
put suspected spam in Outlook's Junk E-mail Candidates folder, you can't
tell who put a given message there, Outlook/Exchange or SpamBayes. It
may well be the former.

 

I prefer to set up separate spam and spam candidates folders for
SpamBayes. I don't trust the classification performed by
Outlook/Exchange, so I have SpamBayes filter Outlook's junk folders. If
you set up version 1.0x of SpamBayes, any messages that Outlook/Exchange
thinks are junk but SpamBayes does not will remain in the junk folder.
With version 1.1, SpamBayes is capable of moving good messages, so
messages incorrectly classified by Outlook/Exchange can be moved to your
inbox.

 

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From: spambayes-bounces at python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces at python.org]
On Behalf Of Douglas B McAdams
Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 10:55 AM
To: spambayes at python.org
Subject: [Spambayes] Problem
Importance: High

I have had to continually pull the same senders from my "Junk Mail"
suspects. After having to do so, the program is not remembering the
sending and sending directly to my In Box. Help please. 

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