Thanks for the clarification and proper usage instructions!

The IMail User's Guide Antispamseeder.exe syntax, page 259, shows all command line 
parameters as optional (square brackets?), so I based the usage on that context. In 
fact, the following page says that the -w and -x options have to be used together, but 
says nothing about using -h and -spam/-good in conjuction with them.  When I initially 
left off the -h<hostname> option, 'antispamseeder.exe' complained, and I was able to 
correct the command line. The strange thing is that 'antispamseeder.exe' accepted the 
erroneous command line (shown below) and did not present an error message.

Thanks, again.

Kim



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Tripp Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 20:30:16 -0400

>There is no mechanism for removing a word as one word will not make a
>message spam or good, especially if the word has been seen a similar number
>of times in good and bad email.  The -X flag tells the antispamseeder to
>delete words that have been seen less than -c times.
>
>That being said, there are a couple of ways to delete a word.
>
>The safe way:
>1) make a copy of the file (just in case)
>2) antispamseeder -spam -wpobox -c1 -hyourdomainhere  (this will set the
>spam count for the word to 1)
>3) antispamseeder -good -wpobox -c1 -hyourdomainhere (this will set the good
>count for the word to 1)
>4) antispamseeder -x -c3 -hyourdomainhere (this will delete ALL words in the
>table that have been seen less than 3 times)
>
>The less than safe way:
>The antispam-table.txt is a text file but it has a certain format.  If you
>want to delete a word out of it do this:
>
>1) make a copy of the file (just in case)
>2) stop the queue manager
>3) edit the antispam-table.txt file in a text editor
>4) remove the entire line with the word that you want removed
>5) save the file (whatever you do, don't delete the first line in the file)
>6) restart the queue manager
>
>Tripp
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "FastWave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "IMail Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 7:59 PM
>Subject: [IMail Forum] IMail 8.01 - Antispamseeder - Delete Word Syntax
>
>
>> I want to delete the word 'pobox' from the 'antispam-table.txt' which is
>located in the 'IMail' root directory on our server. The following syntax is
>used:
>>
>>    antispamseeder -hns3.fastwave.net -wpobox -x
>>
>> Yet, upon completion of the command and examining the 'antispam-table.txt'
>file, 'pobox' is still there. Why is it not being deleted? Is the command
>syntax correct?
>>
>> Any help greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Kim
>>
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