[Spambayes] Config Issue

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:33:42 -0700 

Hi,

I am trying to configure SpamBayes with Outlook Express Client in Windows XP 
but looks like it's not working. The Configuration home says"Database has no 
training information. SpamBayes will classify all messages as 'unsure', ready 
for you to train.".

I tried to troubleshoot thru the help provided in the installation pack but 
didn't resolved.

Could you please suggest me the steps to configure?

Appreciate you help!

Thanks,

Kishore.
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This page allows you to change the options that control how Spambayes processes your email. Your options are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\B.K.Prasad\Application Data\SpamBayes\Proxy\bayescustomize.ini.

POP3 Proxy Options
Remote Servers:        Remote Servers: The SpamBayes POP3 proxy intercepts incoming email and classifies it before sending it on to your email client. You need to specify which POP3 server(s) you wish it to intercept - a POP3 server address typically looks like "pop3.myisp.net". If you use more than one server, simply separate their names with commas. You can get these server names from your existing email configuration, or from your ISP or system administrator. If you are using Web-based email, you can't use the SpamBayes POP3 proxy (sorry!). In your email client's configuration, where you would normally put your POP3 server address, you should now put the address of the machine running SpamBayes.
Current Value:  pop.gmail.com
 
SpamBayes Ports:        SpamBayes Ports: Each POP3 server that is being monitored must be assigned to a 'port' in the SpamBayes POP3 proxy. This port must be different for each monitored server, and there must be a port for each monitored server. Again, you need to configure your email client to use this port. If there are multiple servers, you must specify the same number of ports as servers, separated by commas. If you don't know what to use here, and you only have one server, try 110, or if that doesn't work, try 8110.
Current Value:  995
 
 
SMTP Proxy Options
Remote Servers:        Remote Servers: Use of the SMTP proxy is optional - if you would rather just train via the web interface, or the pop3dnd or mboxtrain scripts, then you can safely leave this option blank. The Spambayes SMTP proxy intercepts outgoing email - if you forward mail to one of the addresses below, it is examined for an id and the message corresponding to that id is trained as ham/spam. All other mail is sent along to your outgoing mail server. You need to specify which SMTP server(s) you wish it to intercept - a SMTP server address typically looks like "smtp.myisp.net". If you use more than one server, simply separate their names with commas. You can get these server names from your existing email configuration, or from your ISP or system administrator. If you are using Web-based email, you can't use the Spambayes SMTP proxy (sorry!). In your email client's configuration, where you would normally put your SMTP server address, you should now put the address of the machine running SpamBayes.
Current Value:  smtp.gmail.com
 
SpamBayes Ports:        SpamBayes Ports: Each SMTP server that is being monitored must be assigned to a 'port' in the Spambayes SMTP proxy. This port must be different for each monitored server, and there must be a port for each monitored server. Again, you need to configure your email client to use this port. If there are multiple servers, you must specify the same number of ports as servers, separated by commas.
Current Value:  465
 
Train as ham address:        Train as ham address: When a message is received that you wish to train on (for example, one that was incorrectly classified), you need to forward or bounce it to one of two special addresses so that the SMTP proxy can identify it. If you wish to train it as ham, forward or bounce it to this address. You will want to use an address that is not a valid email address, like [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Current Value:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
Train as spam address:        Train as spam address: As with Ham Address above, but the address that you need to forward or bounce mail that you wish to train as spam. You will want to use an address that is not a valid email address, like [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Current Value:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
Lookup message in cache: 
No 
Yes 
      Lookup message in cache: If this option is set, then the smtpproxy will attempt to look up the messages sent to it (for training) in the POP3 proxy cache or IMAP filter folders, and use that message as the training data. This avoids any problems where your mail client might change the message when forwarding, contaminating your training data. If you can be sure that this won't occur, then the id-lookup can be avoided. Note that Outlook Express users cannot use the lookup option (because of the way messages are forwarded), and so if they wish to use the SMTP proxy they must enable this option (but as messages are altered, may not get the best results, and this is not recommended).
Current Value:  No
 
 
Header Options
Notate to: 
ham 
spam 
unsure 
      Notate to: Some email clients (Outlook Express, for example) can only set up filtering rules on a limited set of headers. These clients cannot test for the existence/value of an arbitrary header and filter mail based on that information. To accommodate these kind of mail clients, you can add "spam", "ham", or "unsure" to the recipient list. A filter rule can then use this to see if one of these words (followed by a comma) is in the recipient list, and route the mail to an appropriate folder, or take whatever other action is supported and appropriate for the mail classification. As it interferes with replying, you may only wish to do this for spam messages; simply tick the boxes of the classifications take should be identified in this fashion.
Current Value:  ham spam unsure
 
Classify in subject: header: 
ham 
spam 
unsure 
      Classify in subject: header: This option will add the same information as 'Notate To', but to the start of the mail subject line.
Current Value:  ham unsure spam
 
 
Storage Options
Storage file name:        Storage file name: Spambayes builds a database of information that it gathers from incoming emails and from you, the user, to get better and better at classifying your email. This option specifies the name of the database file. If you don't give a full pathname, the name will be taken to be relative to the location of the most recent configuration file loaded.
Current Value:  hammie.db
 
Message information file name:        Message information file name: Spambayes builds a database of information about messages that it has already seen and trained or classified. This database is used to ensure that these messages are not retrained or reclassified (unless specifically requested to). This option specifies the name of the database file. If you don't give a full pathname, the name will be taken to be relative to the location of the most recent configuration file loaded.
Current Value:  spambayes.messageinfo.db
 
Cache messages: 
No 
Yes 
      Cache messages: You can disable the pop3proxy caching of messages. This will make the proxy a bit faster, and make it use less space on your hard drive. The proxy uses its cache for reviewing and training of messages, so if you disable caching you won't be able to do further training unless you re-enable it. Thus, you should only turn caching off when you are satisfied with the filtering that Spambayes is doing for you.
Current Value:  Yes
 
Suppress caching of bulk ham: 
No 
Yes 
      Suppress caching of bulk ham: Where message caching is enabled, this option suppresses caching of messages which are classified as ham and marked as 'Precedence: bulk' or 'Precedence: list'. If you subscribe to a high-volume mailing list then your 'Review messages' page can be overwhelmed with list messages, making training a pain. Once you've trained Spambayes on enough list traffic, you can use this option to prevent that traffic showing up in 'Review messages'.
Current Value:  No
 
Maximum size of cached messages:        Maximum size of cached messages: Where message caching is enabled, this option suppresses caching of messages which are larger than this value (measured in bytes). If you receive a lot of messages that include large attachments (and are correctly classified), you may not wish to cache these. If you set this to zero (0), then this option will have no effect.
Current Value:  0
 
 
Statistics Options
Ham cutoff:        Ham cutoff: Spambayes gives each email message a spam probability between 0 and 1. Emails below the Ham Cutoff probability are classified as Ham. Larger values will result in more messages being classified as ham, but with less certainty that all of them actually are ham. This value should be between 0 and 1, and should be smaller than the Spam Cutoff.
Current Value:  0.2
 
Spam cutoff:        Spam cutoff: Emails with a spam probability above the Spam Cutoff are classified as Spam - just like the Ham Cutoff but at the other end of the scale. Messages that fall between the two values are classified as Unsure.
Current Value:  0.9
 
 

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