Now I'm not so sure. Here's a message - including the SB headings - that was almost entirely images (trackable, but I don't download images by default), just a bit of white text (I'm sending the source). SB caught it before it got to my Mail spam filter.
> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from bal.coolhealer.com ([65.223.9.164]) > by priv-edtnes09.telusplanet.net > (InterMail vM.6.01.04.04 201-2131-118-104-20050224) with SMTP id > <20051027235225.EKWU17196.priv- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 17:52:25 -0600 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > X-Accept-Language: en > X-Priority: Normal > From: BotoxAlert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Spa Weekend for two > Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:27:07 PST > Message-ID: <q2OU3,[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Spambayes-Classification: spam > X-Spambayes-Spam-Probability: 0.95 > X-Spambayes-Level: ********* > X-Spambayes-Evidence: '*H*': 0.07; '*S*': 0.96; 'url:images': 0.14; > 'url:email': 0.20; 'to:addr:ksg': 0.22; 'url:gif': 0.23; > 'to:addr:telusplanet.net': 0.24; 'url:3': 0.27; 'url:2': 0.31; > 'url:0': 0.32; 'url:unsub': 0.33; 'url:e': 0.36; 'url:1': 0.38; > 'header:Return-Path:1': 0.38; 'header:MIME-Version:1': 0.61; > 'header:Message-ID:1': 0.61; 'received:65': 0.65; > 'header:Received:1': 0.69; 'x-mailer:none': 0.71; > 'to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'url:php': 0.73; 'url:track': 0.81; > 'received:65.223': 0.91; 'received:65.223.9': 0.91; > 'url:6yb5nrgfbbuffzgrpzgr': 0.98; 'url:7jieivl3wib3hhlvohlv': 0.98; > 'url:clickopen': 0.99; 'url:msgid': 0.99 > X-Spambayes-MailId: 1130458223 > > > > <html> > <body><BR> > <a > href="http://coolhealer.com/track? > e=7JiEIVL3wiB3HhLVohLV&m=6103047&l=0"> > <img > src="http://coolhealer.com/track?e=6Yb5NrGFBbuFfzGrPzGr&m=6103047&l=1"; > border=0></a><br> > <a > href="http://coolhealer.com:8080/track?m=6103047&l=2";> > <img > src="http://coolhealer.com:8080/track?m=6103047&l=3"; > border=0></a><br><br><br> > > > <a href="http://coolhealer.com/unsub.php";> > <img src="http://coolhealer.com/images/1ga78.gif"; border=0></a> > <br><br><font color='#ffffff' face='arial,helvetica' > size='1'><22;36S3nsTX5SgXBITsYITs;6103047></font> > <img > src="http://coolhealer.com/clickopen? > msgid=6103047&email=6Yb5NrGFBbuFfzGrPzGr" width="1" > height="1"></body></html> > --- Ken Gordon On 2005 Oct 27, at 8:11, Ken Gordon wrote: > I was wrong - misled by my own failure to run a controlled experiment. > > These things run so well and smoothly that one tends to forget about > them - they merge with the background. But I run SpamBayes in > combination with the Mail.app spam filter under OS X. So as a control, > I turned the Mail.app filter off for a while. The results of the > experiment are that SB catches some; Mail.app catches others; I see > very few. Except for those that are trapped by the sort of things that > are pointed to in the SB header that I posted, the mainly-image spams > are being caught by Mail.app, not by SpamBayes. I won't presume to > comment on whether there is anything in Mail.app that could inform how > SB deals with images. > > Now I will return to my blissful spam-free existence by turning the > Mail.app filter on again. > > Ahhhhh ... that's better. > > --- > Ken Gordon > > On 2005 Oct 26, at 21:55, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Ken, >> Please post the entire Spambayes Clues listing, so I can see what >> Spambayes >> is doing with all the erroneous ham text that's included at the bottom >> of >> your e-mail message example. >> >> Thanks, >> FMJ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Ken Gordon >> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:26 AM >> To: [email protected]; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Inspecting images (was: SpamBayes >> toHandleEmbeddedImages) >> >> There's a lot more to spambayes than just evaluating content. Here's >> the SB >> Evidence header from a recent spam. But for 'charset', very little of >> this >> has to do with the content, yet it was correctly classified as spam. >> >>> X-Spambayes-Evidence: '*H*': 0.00; '*S*': 1.00; >> 'received:192.168.1': >>> 0.10; 'subject:skip:B 10': 0.16; 'received:192.168': 0.20; >>> 'received:192': 0.21; 'url:www': 0.23; 'content-type:image/jpeg': >>> 0.34; 'to:addr:none': 0.38; 'header:Return-Path:1': 0.38; >>> 'header:MIME-Version:1': 0.61; 'url:': 0.64; 'x-mailer:none': 0.71; >>> 'to:no real name:2**0': 0.72; 'from:name:[EMAIL PROTECTED](b': 0.84; >>> 'message-id:@imx100522.ath.cx': 0.84; 'received:imx100522.ath.cx': >>> 0.84; 'url:fetish': 0.84; 'received:192.168.1.11': 0.91; >>> 'received:kick': 0.91; 'content-type:multipart/related': 0.92; >>> 'received:210.153': 0.93; 'received:ath.cx': 0.93; 'url:cc': 0.93; >>> 'virus:src="cid:': 0.95; 'content-type/type:multipart/alternative': >>> 0.96; 'received:cx': 0.97; 'email addr:yahoo.co.jp': 0.99; 'skip:\x1b >>> 80': 0.99; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.jp': 1.00; 'from:charset:iso-2022-jp': >>> 1.00; 'skip:\x1b 60': 1.00; 'skip:\x1b 30': 1.00; 'skip:\x1b 20': >>> 1.00; 'skip:\x1b 50': 1.00; 'subject:$': 1.00; 'received:210': 1.00; >>> 'charset:iso-2022-jp': 1.00; 'subject:\x1b$': 1.00; >>> 'subjectcharset:iso-2022-jp': 1.00 >> >> >> >> On 2005 Oct 25, at 8:37, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> How? Technically speaking, what could your SpamBayes installation be >>> doing differently? These are ALL ham words, so how is it that your >>> e-mail could be classifying all of this as Spam? If it is, I suspect >>> you're losing a lot of legitimate e-mail with it. >>> >>> FMJ >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Ken Gordon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 8:58 PM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Inspecting images (was: SpamBayes to >>> HandleEmbeddedImages) >>> >>> My installation of SpamBayes catches nearly all of these. I don't see >>> one a month outside of the Spam folder. >>> >>> --- >>> Ken Gordon >>> (780) 628-2758 >>> http://www.wolfe-gordon.ca >>> On 2005 Oct 24, at 20:18, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Tony, >>>> The problem is, they keep changing the meaningless text at the >>>> bottom >>>> of the e-mail all the time, to confuse the Spam filter. They're >>>> picking Hammy words. And, as you can see, it's a highly effective >>>> technique. In other words, NONE of the "Tokens" should actually be >>>> "Significant", it's the image that needs to be scored in this case. >>>> Here's the spambayes clues for one of the e-mails: >>>> >>>> Combined Score: 3% (0.0330173) >>>> Internal ham score (*H*): 0.999976 >>>> Internal spam score (*S*): 0.0660102 >>>> >>>> # ham trained on: 14237 >>>> # spam trained on: 20138 >>>> >>>> 150 Significant Tokens >>>> token spamprob #ham #spam >>>> 'sender:no real name:2**0' 0.0277535 2187 88 >>>> 'dismissed' 0.0374933 314 17 >>>> 'raising' 0.0417704 313 19 >>>> 'lives' 0.0580962 1012 88 >>>> 'ill' 0.0613924 1084 100 >>>> 'said' 0.0677803 6498 668 >>>> 'two' 0.08226 5200 659 >>>> 'put' 0.0828439 2632 336 >>>> 'were' 0.0845653 6094 796 >>>> 'recalled' 0.0862187 92 12 >>>> 'town' 0.0883783 600 82 >>>> 'being' 0.0894639 4312 599 >>>> 'letter' 0.093344 1595 232 >>>> 'unless' 0.0960663 687 103 >>>> 'stephan' 0.0968154 15 2 >>>> 'face' 0.0986506 1397 216 >>>> 'who' 0.0991493 8031 1250 >>>> 'knows' 0.102049 574 92 >>>> 'anyone' 0.104976 1828 303 >>>> 'them' 0.106325 4690 789 >>>> 'think' 0.107446 3584 610 >>>> 'keep' 0.109385 2517 437 >>>> 'him' 0.111552 2631 467 >>>> 'suspicions' 0.113796 40 7 >>>> 'went' 0.11401 1331 242 >>>> 'sound' 0.116592 596 111 >>>> 'care' 0.117491 1244 234 >>>> 'going' 0.119623 3503 673 >>>> 'sort' 0.119677 511 98 >>>> 'his' 0.119861 5717 1101 >>>> 'remained' 0.11998 271 52 >>>> 'heavily' 0.123551 232 46 >>>> 'last' 0.126157 5241 1070 >>>> 'subject:: ' 0.134951 9110 2010 >>>> 'voice' 0.135891 644 143 >>>> 'walk' 0.140296 339 78 >>>> 'everyone' 0.140502 1225 283 >>>> 'whatever' 0.141645 618 144 >>>> 'overdosed' 0.142155 48 11 >>>> 'mother' 0.144908 510 122 >>>> 'way' 0.146154 3458 837 >>>> 'was' 0.146612 8939 2172 >>>> 'would' 0.146893 7679 1870 >>>> 'but' 0.14865 8435 2083 >>>> 'past' 0.155513 1932 503 >>>> 'duty' 0.15756 326 86 >>>> 'been' 0.158577 6937 1849 >>>> 'away' 0.159247 1632 437 >>>> 'soon' 0.16154 1021 278 >>>> 'header:In-Reply-To:1' 0.162139 1791 490 >>>> 'made' 0.163602 3467 959 >>>> 'true' 0.164161 566 157 >>>> 'too' 0.164462 2199 612 >>>> 'then' 0.167186 3519 999 >>>> 'road' 0.169212 459 132 >>>> 'covington' 0.170591 18 5 >>>> 'firmly' 0.171729 69 20 >>>> 'received' 0.172468 1646 485 >>>> 'yes' 0.17276 275 81 >>>> 'other' 0.174723 6686 2002 >>>> 'offered' 0.177462 702 214 >>>> 'saw' 0.178119 738 226 >>>> 'might' 0.184601 2399 768 >>>> 'hotel' 0.185114 203 65 >>>> 'thought' 0.186457 1287 417 >>>> 'her' 0.187192 2831 922 >>>> 'indeed' 0.18721 191 62 >>>> 'lie' 0.188538 165 54 >>>> 'filled' 0.188682 329 108 >>>> 'assorted' 0.198662 32 11 >>>> 'intent' 0.199592 596 210 >>>> 'manner' 0.200765 192 68 >>>> 'second' 0.203991 1311 475 >>>> 'let' 0.207891 1835 681 >>>> 'much' 0.210328 3345 1260 >>>> 'back' 0.211425 3207 1216 >>>> 'place' 0.214507 1704 658 >>>> 'out' 0.216398 6503 2540 >>>> 'little' 0.218176 2273 897 >>>> 'within' 0.218497 1940 767 >>>> 'occupied' 0.218989 56 22 >>>> 'never' 0.222876 2224 902 >>>> 'take' 0.223351 4101 1668 >>>> 'subject:-' 0.223886 2564 1046 >>>> 'find' 0.224822 2482 1018 >>>> 'play' 0.230279 518 219 >>>> 'skip:n 10' 0.233772 2561 1105 >>>> 'eyes' 0.234231 294 127 >>>> 'that' 0.245614 11155 5137 >>>> 'thoughts' 0.250399 193 91 >>>> 'observed' 0.252899 109 52 >>>> 'not' 0.253605 9451 4542 >>>> 'have' 0.260054 10350 5145 >>>> 'myself' 0.268888 281 146 >>>> 'with' 0.272839 10712 5685 >>>> 'skip:r 10' 0.274264 4752 2540 >>>> 'look' 0.276317 1963 1060 >>>> 'can' 0.286752 7254 4125 >>>> 'guided' 0.29442 24 14 >>>> 'all' 0.300499 8283 5033 >>>> 'resign' 0.304561 39 24 >>>> 'contracts' 0.313223 163 105 >>>> 'subject:Alert' 0.322897 61 41 >>>> 'upon' 0.326586 853 585 >>>> 'skip:i 10' 0.332672 4717 3326 >>>> 'for' 0.339583 12494 9087 >>>> 'topics' 0.371008 114 95 >>>> 'the' 0.371613 13338 11157 >>>> 'above' 0.380529 678 589 >>>> 'header:Return-Path:1' 0.635635 6219 15346 >>>> 'consults' 0.695316 3 10 >>>> 'comparative' 0.728703 17 65 >>>> 'earnest' 0.747547 24 101 >>>> 'friendship' 0.796906 6 34 >>>> 'blush' 0.797234 13 73 >>>> 'skip:7 70' 0.805302 5 30 >>>> 'expedition' 0.825248 9 61 >>>> 'from:addr:g.wcvbss' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'from:addr:netnitco.net' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'from:name:raymond goins' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'lensalizarin' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> "m'scorset" 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'message-id:@icsp.net' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'ownthat' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'prominents' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'roadsthat' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'sender:addr:athenet.net' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'sender:addr:h.nnq' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'subject:< ' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'subject:Stiles' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'totrue' 0.844828 0 1 >>>> 'virus:src="cid:' 0.888282 111 1250 >>>> 'congenial' 0.905802 5 70 >>>> 'taters' 0.907976 1 16 >>>> 'skip:7 90' 0.908163 0 2 >>>> 'header:Received:2' 0.914966 886 13487 >>>> 'diem' 0.92631 3 56 >>>> 'subject:CBXC' 0.949438 0 4 >>>> 'rotund' 0.952904 1 33 >>>> 'blushingly' 0.958716 0 5 >>>> 'refolding' 0.969799 0 7 >>>> 'egress' 0.970088 1 53 >>>> 'to:name:freemj' 0.988432 0 19 >>>> 'septennial' 0.990405 0 23 >>>> 'veal' 0.993066 0 32 >>>> 'youll' 0.993469 0 34 >>>> 'subject:Stock' 0.99571 0 52 >>>> 'casteth' 0.995868 0 54 >>>> 'cutlet' 0.996894 0 72 >>>> 'to:addr:hotpop.com' 0.997792 23 14803 >>>> >>>> Message Stream >>>> Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Received: from 38.113.3.52 (unknown [200.107.173.172]) >>>> by mx1.hotpop.com (Postfix) with SMTP >>>> id 5B8A0E8304; Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:49:29 +0000 (UTC) >>>> Received: from spellbound.gape.jeffersonian.gauguin.es >>>> ([200.107.173.172] >>>> helo=scatterbrain.mail.elknet.net) by smtp9.bt.com with esmtp >>>> id 0X162p-8865LL-80; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:48:41 +0100 >>>> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:42:41 -0400 >>>> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:46:41 -0400." >>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> From: "Raymond Goins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "Freemj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Subject: Fwd: Stock - Alert-CBXC< Neil Stiles >>>> MIME-Version: 1.0 >>>> Content-Type: multipart/related; >>>> boundary="--ZZR8PVzcRDTpf2Pu68MQiz" >>>> X-HotPOP-Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> negligiblestymie breakwatergrist m'scorset >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We went to the triumph comparative at egress diem then a mouldy sort >>>> of establishment have my place so I blushingly offered to resign it >>>> The septennial who made as much of my going away as if I were going >>>> to China received me as an was dismissed and other topics occupied >>>> us >>>> he remained so seldom raising >>>> his eyes unless to >>>> true Rosanne was suspicions arose within me that it was an ill >>>> assorted friendship that he never thought of being observed by >>>> anyone >>>> but was so intent upon her and upon his ownthat I received soon >>>> recalled me to myself and put me in the road back to the hotel I was >>>> so filled with the play and with the past for it was in a manner >>>> Everyone who knows you consults with you and is guided by 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me out of his two eyes Is he indeed said Mr >>>> Covington >>>> >>>> <HTML><HEAD> >>>> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; >>>> charset=windows-1252"> <TITLE>lensalizarin impregnatecost</TITLE> >>>> </HEAD> <BODY> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0"> >>>> <TR><TD><font></font><font></font> >>>> <BR><STRONG></STRONG><IMG >>>> SRC="cid:[email protected]" border="0" >>>> ALT="negligiblestymie breakwatergrist m'scorset"> >>>> <BR><STRONG></STRONG><font></font><FONT face="Verdana" >>>> size=1><FONT></FONT></font></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT >>>> size=1><BR><BR><font></font><STRONG></STRONG>We went to the triumph >>>> comparative at egress diem then a mouldy sort of >>>> establishment<BR>have my place so I blushingly offered to resign it >>>> <STRONG></STRONG><STRONG></STRONG>The septennial who made as much >>>> of >>>> my going away as if I were going to China received me as an<BR>was >>>> dismissed and other topics occupied us he remained so seldom >>>> raising >>>> 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>>>> an expedition of duty My mother lives a little way out of town and >>>> the roads<font></font><FONT SIZE=2></FONT>that I received soon >>>> recalled me to myself and put me in the road back to the >>>> hotel<BR>for I saw a faint blush in her face you would have let me >>>> find it out for myself <font></font>that would not lie too heavily >>>> upon her purse and to do my duty in it whatever it might be <BR>and >>>> the prominents walk and the congenial sound of the rotund casteth >>>> hovering above them all >>>> <BR>7iVHrKDJTsgBJsJa4Nezv5RgkNpN5NYq6gowYZF0z3De6QLplaiyWM4rm4wSXsXe >>>> g >>>> 7 >>>> M >>>> ikURq >>>> reWfg7M6dwtJ4t1Fxn<BR>as he can look at me out of his two eyes Is he >>>> indeed said Mr Covington </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> </BODY> </HTML> >>>> >>>> All Message Tokens >>>> 187 unique tokens >>>> >>>> 'above' >>>> 'all' >>>> 'and' >>>> 'anyone' >>>> 'arose' >>>> 'arrange' >>>> 'assorted' >>>> 'away' >>>> 'back' >>>> 'been' >>>> 'being' >>>> 'bind' >>>> 'blush' >>>> 'blushingly' >>>> 'but' >>>> 'can' >>>> 'care' >>>> 'casteth' >>>> 'cc:none' >>>> 'china' >>>> 'commanded' >>>> 'comparative' >>>> 'congenial' >>>> 'consults' >>>> 'content-type:text/plain' >>>> 'contracts' >>>> 'covington' >>>> 'cutlet' >>>> 'deepest' >>>> 'diem' >>>> 'dismissed' >>>> 'duty' >>>> 'earnest' >>>> 'egress' >>>> 'everyone' >>>> 'expedition' >>>> 'eyes' >>>> 'face' >>>> 'faint' >>>> 'filled' >>>> 'find' >>>> 'firmly' >>>> 'for' >>>> 'friendship' >>>> 'from:addr:g.wcvbss' >>>> 'from:addr:netnitco.net' >>>> 'from:name:raymond goins' >>>> 'going' >>>> 'guided' >>>> 'have' >>>> 'header:Date:1' >>>> 'header:From:1' >>>> 'header:In-Reply-To:1' >>>> 'header:MIME-Version:1' >>>> 'header:Message-Id:1' >>>> 'header:Received:2' >>>> 'header:Return-Path:1' >>>> 'header:Subject:1' >>>> 'header:To:1' >>>> 'heavily' >>>> 'her' >>>> 'him' >>>> 'his' >>>> 'hotel' >>>> 'hovering' >>>> 'ill' >>>> 'indeed' >>>> 'intent' >>>> 'keep' >>>> 'knows' >>>> 'last' >>>> 'lensalizarin' >>>> 'let' >>>> 'letter' >>>> 'lie' >>>> 'little' >>>> 'lives' >>>> 'look' >>>> "m'scorset" >>>> 'made' >>>> 'manner' >>>> 'message-id:@icsp.net' >>>> 'might' >>>> 'mother' >>>> 'mouldy' >>>> 'much' >>>> 'myself' >>>> 'never' >>>> 'not' >>>> 'observed' >>>> 'occupied' >>>> 'offered' >>>> 'order' >>>> 'other' >>>> 'our' >>>> 'out' >>>> 'overdosed' >>>> 'ownthat' >>>> 'past' >>>> 'place' >>>> 'play' >>>> 'potatoes' >>>> 'prominents' >>>> 'purse' >>>> 'put' >>>> 'raising' >>>> 'recalled' >>>> 'received' >>>> 'refolding' >>>> 'remained' >>>> 'reply-to:none' >>>> 'resign' >>>> 'road' >>>> 'roadsthat' >>>> 'rosanne' >>>> 'rotund' >>>> 'said' >>>> 'saw' >>>> 'second' >>>> 'seldom' >>>> 'sender:addr:athenet.net' >>>> 'sender:addr:h.nnq' >>>> 'sender:no real name:2**0' >>>> 'septennial' >>>> 'shall' >>>> 'skip:7 70' >>>> 'skip:7 90' >>>> 'skip:b 10' >>>> 'skip:e 10' >>>> 'skip:i 10' >>>> 'skip:n 10' >>>> 'skip:r 10' >>>> 'soon' >>>> 'sort' >>>> 'sound' >>>> 'stephan' >>>> 'subject: ' >>>> 'subject: - ' >>>> 'subject:-' >>>> 'subject:: ' >>>> 'subject:< ' >>>> 'subject:Alert' >>>> 'subject:CBXC' >>>> 'subject:Fwd' >>>> 'subject:Neil' >>>> 'subject:Stiles' >>>> 'subject:Stock' >>>> 'suspicions' >>>> 'take' >>>> 'taters' >>>> 'that' >>>> 'the' >>>> 'them' >>>> 'then' >>>> 'think' >>>> 'thought' >>>> 'thoughts' >>>> 'to:2**0' >>>> 'to:addr:freemj' >>>> 'to:addr:hotpop.com' >>>> 'to:name:freemj' >>>> 'too' >>>> 'topics' >>>> 'totrue' >>>> 'town' >>>> 'triumph' >>>> 'true' >>>> 'two' >>>> 'unless' >>>> 'upon' >>>> 'veal' >>>> 'virus:src="cid:' >>>> 'voice' >>>> 'walk' >>>> 'was' >>>> 'way' >>>> 'went' >>>> 'were' >>>> 'whatever' >>>> 'who' >>>> 'with' >>>> 'within' >>>> 'would' >>>> 'x-mailer:none' >>>> 'yes' >>>> 'you' >>>> 'youll' >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Meyer >>>> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 9:43 PM >>>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Cc: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [Spambayes] Inspecting images (was: SpamBayes to >>>> HandleEmbeddedImages) >>>> >>>>> Something really needs to be done about this embedded image Spam. >>>>> Honestly, >>>>> SpamBayes appears to be ineffective against all these images, >>>> >>>> Can you post an example of a message that is incorrectly classified, >>>> *with the spambayes clues* for the message? The Outlook plug-in >>>> provides this via the "Show Clues for this Message" item in the >>>> SpamBayes menu. >>>> >>>> [...] >>>>> I'm sure OCR isn't the only way, but the words are there in plain >>>>> view. It seems like the obvious way to resolve this. >>>> >>>> Obvious isn't always best. One of the tenets here is "stupid beats >>>> smart" - I think doing some sort of OCR on images would fall into >>>> the >>>> "smart" category, and generating simple tokens from the images would >>>> fall into the "stupid" category and be more successful. Just my >>>> opinion, of course, but that's what I'd test if I had time (perhaps >>>> over the (southern hemisphere) summer...or maybe I can convince one >>>> of my employers that this would be worth doing in paid time). >>>> >>>>> SpamBayes has been such a great program for me and my colleges, >>>>> family and friends. I can only hope that the project sees fit to >>>>> resolve this soon. >>>> >>>> It's not really a case of "seeing fit" - the issue is that the >>>> developers are very short on time at the moment (contributions have >>>> always been, and always will be, welcome) and, in addition, this is >>>> a >>>> complex problem. >>>> >>>> =Tony.Meyer >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Please always include the list (spambayes at python.org) in your >>>> replies (reply-all), and please don't send me personal mail about >>>> SpamBayes. >>>> http://www.massey.ac.nz/~tameyer/writing/reply_all.html explains >>>> this. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes >>>> Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes >>>> Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html >>>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes >> Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes > Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html > _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
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