Re: [Spambayes] Just a thought...

Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:01:22 -0800

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Since you're an Exchange user, create an Outlook rule to move messages from your business partner to a folder that doesn't get filtered. By default, such rules run on the server. (Indeed, it's hard to create one that doesn't, but that's beyond the scope of this discussion.) Since Spambayes runs on the client, the message will have been moved out of reach before Spambayes has a chance to see it.

Bob 

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Scherle
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 1:51 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Spambayes] Just a thought...

First of all, I really like this piece of code. I’ve been interested in Bayesian filtering ever since Graham wrote his paper, and your implementation is very useful.

 

SpamBayes mostly works on my email, but occasionally an important message from one of my business partners gets sent to the questionable mail folder. I don’t want this to ever happen, not even one time.

 

There are some people with whom I correspond that are completely trusted by me, regardless of the content they send. Yes, it is possible that they could be impersonated. Yes, it is possible that a virus could take possession of their laptop, but these are the risks you run in a relationship. (I’m not going to give my girlfriend a weekly blood test before I sleep with her.)

 

In my experience, it is far too easy to get dogmatic about a philosophy and forget what it is that we were trying to do in the first place. And so, when people ask for white lists or black lists, the immediate reaction is that this is not within the philosophy of Bayesian filtering. Well, true enough. But they are SO easy to implement, and they could be an adjunctive technology which moves your software from 98% to 100%; at least for me.

 

All the best, and keep up the good work.

 

--Rick Scherle

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