Mark Johnson wrote:
Depends on the client.
For instance, Thunderbird stores it's folders in mbox format, so
sa-learn can work against those files as-is. Other email clients can
save emails in text format complete with headers.
I use Thunderbird. There are two files for that folder: Junk.msf (7k)
and Junk (53.172k). The msf file must be some kind of index. I just
feed the biggest one to sa-learn?
Yes, the .msf file is an index file. I just copy the mbox file (Junk
in your case) to the server and run the following command specifying
the filename (as shown):
/usr/local/bin/spamassassin --report --mbox Junk
I use Thunderbird as my mail client but have found that I needed to use
Evolution to save the messages in mbox format, which was always a hassle.
My emails are stored on an IMAP server and what you suggested wasn't
working for me. I had the .msf file, but no corresponding mbox file.
Because the emails are kept on the IMAP server and are not local, I had
to enable the "Select this folder for offline use" on the "Offline" tab
of the folder properties. I then had the mbox file that I could copy off.
Good point, I use this on folders that are saved on the local hard disk.
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Anthony Peacock
CHIME, Royal Free & University College Medical School
WWW: http://www.chime.ucl.ac.uk/~rmhiajp/
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they're only looking for one thing, whereas a PET scan could result in
a lot of things." - Carl Princi, 2002/07/19
