There's a FAQ that addresses this. See http://spambayes.sourceforge.net/faq.html.
Even though the FAQ suggests that it's a good idea to back
up your database, though, I'm unconvinced. The content of spam tends to change
over time, with the result (in my experience) that the database ends up with an
increasing proportion of stale data that degrades the effectiveness of
filtering. (Of course, while I'm pretty sure that filtering gets less effective
over time, I can't be absolutely certain that this is the explanation.)
Some SpamBayes insiders have ways of removing ancient messages from the
database; I don't, so I just delete the database periodically and
rebuild from scratch. It doesn't take long before SpamBayes is filtering as well
as it did with the old database, and then it gets better. Of course, if you keep
do back up the original database, you can always revert to
it.
Developers: would it be feasible and sensible to add UI to
allow users to remove messages older than a user-specified cutoff? If so, I'll
log a feature request.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Eyles
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 3:04 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Spambayes] Backup daqtabaseHi,I am about to rebuild my PC. I have had Spam Bayes on it for a while now and obviously have a reasonable database of spam signatures. How can I back these up so that when I reinstall my Outlook .pst file I can continue?ThanksDavid
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