I know that the whole point of spambayes is so that everybody can train their 
db based
on what they think is ham or spam. This is great. But hear me out. While I was 
trying to
figure out the best way to setup training for all of my users I started 
thinking about this.

I ended up creating a shared db for all of my users. I will update that db 
based on my
spam (since I get the most) and if they have any complaints, I will train the 
db with
their inbox or spam folder when needed. This is working out quite well, we are 
getting
most of our spam in our spam folder.

But I got to thinking about spam filtering in gmail. They have a fairly good 
spam
filtering system (I dont know if they use spambayes or not).  They already have 
a system
that is generic. Wouldn't it be possible to create a generic db that a normal 
person can
use to block most of his spam? We have to agree that no spam filter will be 100%
accurate. Because of that, I think a generic db would be a good idea.

Does anybody on this list think that this is a good idea? Should we have a db 
somewhere
that people can download and use and we can update it once in a while based on 
new spam
thats being sent around?


Thanks,
Dhaval
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