[Spambayes] Trimming a Junk Email folder

[chermesh]

Let me sum up your view. Since spambayes training period is short, you would
suggest delete my around 5000 spam messages and start from scratch. This
makes sense. Still, if I find a way to test David Abrahams' suggestion, I'll
try it first.

Ran

Jesse Pelton wrote:
> 
> Sorry; I didn't understand the intent of your original message.  (I'm
> not sure Skip did, either.)  I don't retain spam myself, because a) the
> messages sent by spammers evolves over time as they seek to get around
> the latest anti-spam techniques, b) SpamBayes is easy and quick to
> train, and c) it's just one more thing to manage.  If I think SpamBayes
> isn't doing as good a job as I'd like, I just start over from scratch.
> (That doesn't generally happen more than once or twice a year.)  Within
> a couple of days and a few dozen messages trained on I'm generally
> getting satisfactory results.
> 
> Bottom line: I don't have any suggestions that address the question of
> how to groom your spam.  (Given my track record of late, I'm starting to
> wonder if I'd be more use if I kept silent.)
> 
> -jesse-
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: spambayes-bounces at python.org [mailto:spambayes-bounces at python.org]
> On Behalf Of chermesh
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 2:15 PM
> To: spambayes at python.org
> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Trimming a Junk Email folder
> 
> 
> Isn't it a waste, to delete the complete contents of the folder? After
> all,
> this folders presents  e x a c t l y  my notion of spam. Deleting the
> contents meaning starting spambayes from scratch, and ignoring my unique
> spam definition!
> 
> Ran
> 
> 
> Jesse Pelton wrote:
>> 
>> Or just empty it. Select the folder, press Ctrl-A to select all the
>> messages in it, and Shift-click the delete button (looks like an X) on
>> the Outlook toolbar to permanently delete the messages.  Shouldn't
> take
>> more than a few seconds.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: spambayes-bounces at python.org
> [mailto:spambayes-bounces at python.org]
>> On Behalf Of skip at pobox.com
>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 7:41 AM
>> To: chermesh
>> Cc: spambayes at python.org
>> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Trimming a Junk Email folder
>> 
>> 
>>     chermesh> Still, a long use creates a problem, my Junk Email
> folder
>> grew
>>     chermesh> into a monster, around 5000 items....  As long as the
>> folder
>>     chermesh> was smaller, I used to do it manually, but a few weeks
> of
>>     chermesh> neglect, led it to its present state.  Can you suggest a
>>     chermesh> substitute to the manual procedure?
>> 
>> Delete it completely and start from scratch?
>> 
>> Skip
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