Amedee Van Gasse wrote: > Thomas Hruska wrote: >> I need a way to tell SpamBayes to ignore classifying e-mails that >> contain a specific sequence of characters even if it would have >> classified the e-mail as spam. How do I go about accomplishing this >> task with the POP3 Proxy SpamBayes server? I can't seem to locate an >> option to do this - perhaps I missed it? This feature is a "stupid" >> feature, but will keep the SpamBayes database lean-and-mean and a fair >> balance between ham and spam for training. A 20:1 ham to spam ratio >> instead of 1000:1. I can't have it classifying these critical e-mails >> at all. I want them all even if they ARE spam. > > I think, if you know the mathematical theory behind spambayes, if it is > a unique sequence of characters, and that unique sequence of characters > will never appear in spam, it's just the law of large numbers that applies. > So, if you keep on telling that this specific kind of email is ham, > after just a few mails sb will learn. Stupid large numbers always beat > smart and stupid features. > > But I don't know how the pop3 proxy implementation works. > At work I use the Oulook plugin, and at home I use the procmail filter. > (I mainly use Linux and try to avoid Windows if I can) >
Except I want ANY message that uses the sequence of characters, _INCLUDING_ spam. The unique sequence of characters _WILL_ appear in spam, but I still want those messages anyway. I can't have even the _slightest_ possibility that SpamBayes will flag those messages as spam. I realize that wanting spam with an anti-spam tool seems counter-intuitive, but I have my reasons for needing this. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President Ph: 517-803-4197 Safe C++ Design Principles (First Edition) Learn how to write memory leak-free, secure, portable, and user-friendly software. Learn more and view a sample chapter: http://www.CubicleSoft.com/SafeCPPDesign/ _______________________________________________ [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/spambayes Check the FAQ before asking: http://spambayes.sf.net/faq.html
